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1990 Oldsmobile Ciera 3.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on
Posted to GM Driveability on 7/25/2000

Hello Everybody, we have a strange running olds in the shop here. The car will run good about 10% of the time, the remaining 90% of the time it will sputter, misfire, backfire, idle very rough, and run very rich. When we try to access the data stream all we ca...

 
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car Vehicle Data

1990 Oldsmobile Ciera

VIN 1G3AJ54N31
Engine3.3 L / 6 cyl
SymptomsExcessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts Out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp On
OccursUnder Load, on Accel, Idle, Intermittently, Occurs 90% of the Time

Trouble Codes

42Electronic spark timing system
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car Vehicle Data

1990 Oldsmobile Ciera

VIN 1G3AJ54N31
Engine3.3 L / 6 cyl
SymptomsExcessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts Out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp On
OccursUnder Load, on Accel, Idle, Intermittently, Occurs 90% of the Time

Trouble Codes

42Electronic spark timing system