I have a ’95 Lesbare with 154,000 miles.  I have a knocking noice on the
right front when I turn the wheel to the right.  But nothing when I turn
to the left.  As soon as I hit the middle point it ends.

I put a new right axel and brakes on, but I still have the noice and a
bushing on the sway bar also.

Any ideas?  I would do the wheel bearing, but would like to know before I
get to that point.

Thanks!

I’ve been having  intermittant, momentary loss of power to the wheels
while
driving at freeway speeds in our ’95 Park Ave Ultra. I’ve posted this
here before
and gotten some tips, which I’ve followed up on. For example, pursuing
the possibility that
it was an engine misfiring problem I replaced the plugs and wires, and
my mechanic
replaced the mass flow sensor based on his (rather expensive) hunch.
Unfortunately, the
problem is still there.

I now believe it is the torque converter clutch (TCC) and want to
confirm the diagnosis.
I can cause the problem to occur by accelerating on an up-grade, e.g.,
the approach to
a freeway fly-over interchange. Rather than accelerating smoothly
there will be
an irregular pulsing or jerking in the acceleration. If I then tap the
brake, it
stops jerking and accelerates smoothly.

Is this a conclusive diagnosis of TCC failure?

The second question is what is required to fix it. I will of course
take it to a transmission
shop, but would like to go in with some idea what to expect.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Ed

3.8l Spark OK but no gas being enjected. I spray gas in air intake and she
starts immediatly. But stops a soon as I stop spraying gas in the intake.
Tank is 3/4 full. Is there a fuse specific to the injectors or fuel pump?

Anyone seeking classic & early model parts from NC.  I’m a small based
honest auto tech seeking the same.  I can be reached at autofashions at
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Thank you

Have owned Riveria since new in 98. Of late, once in
awhile the horn will not blow when pressed (there are two sections, and
nether will blow). The next
day the horn works.??

Hi,

I have a 1995 Buick Lesabre.  Someone tried to steal it over the
weekend by breaking into the steering column.  Now my key won’t work
and I have a broken piece of plastic on the side of the steering
column.

My mechanic said they usually replace the entire stearing column.  Is
that normal?  This a beater car that I don’t want to spend a lot on.
Any idea if you could just replace the ignition or is it all one piece?

thanks
chad

Ok here is the deal… I had an extrnal head gasket leak on this car a
month ago and had a friend change the head gasket everything was fine.
I put about 700 miles on the car in 3 weeks or so with no problems.
The car sat for a week without being run. I took it about 70 miles on
the highway (it has never gotten hot after the gasket change) when I
took it out the next day I noticed it was running ruff at idle and low
speeds but fine at high speeds. I figured it was just the  fuel filter
or bad gas maybe. well today I checked my oil and noticed a white
greese like goop on the top of the dip stick and a little in the neck
of the oil filler tube (but only at the very top).  do I now have an
internal leak in my head gasket? I have not lost any coolent. could
something else cause this white goop? how can I test? I don’t mind
doing the work myself and feel confident that I can.  just need to be
put in the right direction…    

thanks in advance
Jim

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Can suspension sensors be monitored thru OBDII communications?

I have a ’93 Century with a 3.3 Multi port fuel injection.  there is
fuel in the rail and the injectors, coils, ignition control all test
with in specs.  there is voltage to the ICM as well as to the MAF and
the crank posistion sensor.  there is no spark.  there is also no error
codes from the OBD-one only a system pass code.  is it possible for
either the coil packs or the ICM to test good and still be faulty?  or
is there something i have overlooked in the whole ignition system… I
do not suspect ECM because there is no other problems indicitive of an
ECM failure.  the car turns over, the fuel pump kicks in, the
injecttors ohm good…i am at my wits end with this one…
thank you