My ride starts a few seconds and shuts off again what could it be?

Asked by Tracey Sep 28, 2021 at 09:39 PM about the 2002 Buick Century

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My moms car was running good for awhile there's aroubd
130k miles on it recently she was going down the road the
change oil light came on blinked a few times and the car
shut off. Hooked up a diagnostics to it said it was the mass
air flow so we changed it out tried to start stayed running a
few seconds and shut off after back firing...

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beatupchevy answered 2 years ago

the code tells you where the problem is not what to replace , Was it low on oil ( empty ) when she had the problem ? Clear the code and see if it'll start , see what comes up . Otherwise do a compression check or what do the plugs look like

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