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Question posted by Nelsonkristin12 on May 20th, 2013

My 98 Oldsmobile Achieva Security Light Stays On It Will Start Sometines Not At

The maf sensor crankshaft sensor and tmf sensors have been replaced the car will not start at all now it ran great for about 2 weeks then started again. we went through and checked all wires and any that were starting to crank we fixed and put electrical tape on them.

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Answer #1: Posted by jonmr001 on May 20th, 2013 3:53 PM

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