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September 8th, 2009	#11
Barney Eaton Senior Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Georgetown TX USA Posts: 5,676	Re: 1988 Buick Reatta runs alright then dies Your cam sensor may be shot and the car is running in "limp home" mode. If you have a service manual you can test the cam sensor from the diagnostics __________________ Barney Eaton BCA technical advisor for Reattas- Keeper of the Reatta database- BCA technical advisor coordinator- BCA Board member

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Re: 1988 Buick Reatta runs alright then dies

If the cam sensor you will get an "electrical problem" warning within a few seconds of startup.

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reattajack Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 70	Re: 1988 Buick Reatta runs alright then dies i had to replace the ignition module when mine did that

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