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Car Forum / Oldsmobile Cars / April 2005olds calais
i have a 1990 olds calais that is giving me a problem.the car runs fine until i drive it for awhile and it gets hot.then if i come to a stop it stalls.i start the car up and when i put it in gear it stalls. it will keep doing this until it cools down.i have had the car checked by two different mechanics and neither one can figure it out.if anyone has an answer i would greatly appreciate it.thanks Sure hate to sound like a broken record, but your problem reminds me of the torque converter solenoid that kept sticking on my daughter's '92 Grand Am. Exact same symptoms as yours. It's fairly easy to disconnect the wiring to the solenoid to find out if it's the culprit. >i have a 1990 olds calais that is giving me a problem.the car runs fine > until i drive it for awhile and it gets hot.then if i come to a stop it > stalls.i start the car up and when i put it in gear it stalls. it will > keep doing this until it cools down.i have had the car checked by two > different mechanics and neither one can figure it out.if anyone has an > answer i would greatly appreciate it.thanks > Sure hate to sound like a broken record, but your problem reminds me of the > torque converter solenoid that kept sticking on my daughter's '92 Grand Am. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > different mechanics and neither one can figure it out.if anyone has an > > answer i would greatly appreciate it.thanks Have you taken it to a tranny shop ? Had same problem with 1988 Celebrity. Was TC solenoid. In 1997 it cost about $150 to have shop replace. --reed >i have a 1990 olds calais that is giving me a problem.the car runs fine > until i drive it for awhile and it gets hot.then if i come to a stop it > stalls.i start the car up and when i put it in gear it stalls. it will > keep doing this until it cools down.i have had the car checked by two > different mechanics and neither one can figure it out.if anyone has an > answer i would greatly appreciate it.thanks Had the same thing happen to my old Calais which was about 12 years old at the time. Was indeed the torque converter solenoid. One mechanic had the car twice and couldn't fix the problem. I guess it only happens on really old cars and not a lot of mechanics have experience with it. Asked in this group and the TCS was suggested as problem. Took it to a tranny guy who charged me abour $200 I think to replace it but I suspect he just removed it because my gas milage was poorer after that. It did solve the stalling though. |
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