I've got a 1990 pontiac 6000 se, 6 cylinder,3.1 it stalled last week, I
thought due to being out of gas, but after putting a quarter of a tank
into the tank, it still fails to turn over. it'll start but it won't turn
over. The battery was replaced, but previous to this the car was
misfiring, a mechanic I took it to for that problem thought it was the
ignition coil,but it was not. I'm at a loss and I really need this car up
and running.

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<3b4449390e33cd65e96e8fd122687650 (AT) localhost (DOT) talkaboutautos.com>,
"riboflavintx" <riboflavintx (AT) ancients (DOT) net> wrote:

Did it just die while being driven? That happened in my '86 6000 LE;
turned out to be the timing gears.

Could be many other things as well - any other symptoms prior to it
dying?

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Seems to me it would "turn over" before it "starts"? I don't know how he
managed to get it to start but not turn over????

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by 'turn over' I mean rather than sitr there silent,when I turn the key
it'll rumble,but it won't actually start the engine into a sustained form
of life. symptoms 2 weeks prior:
missifiring
loss of gas milage
a powerful surge when exceeding speeds of 40,and once again at 60
symptoms prior the break down:
low gas
symptoms of the breakdown:
power run devices fail(breaks/steering)

part of the problem seems to have been a bad battery,but replacement of
the battery didn't yeild anything. My neighbor thinks it may be the
selenoid cap, or a bad battery connection.