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So my I drive a 96 Pontiac grand Am SE 4 cyc manual transmission, when I bought it, it was running but then I went away for a year or so. My car sat in my drive way with half a tank of gas. I came back after a year and my battery died so I replaced it and I was back on the road. I only drove the car 2 days before my car died. Well I was driving on the free way and I never had to drop into 5th gear on this day I had to drop it into 5th. As soon as I dropped into 5th my car started to lose speed and it started to shake, I mean the whole car inside and out was shaking. I pulled over turned my car off and started it up again and it was still shaking as soon as I put it into 1st I gave it some gas my car jumped forward then died. This did this twice and completely died. I changed the spark plugs that didn't do it. So I took it to a mechanic he changed my crank censor which caused the car to start up smooth but then he said the 3 cyc isn't firing. I then took it to the dealer who wanted to charge me $1,500 to $3,000 to take apart my engine fix the problem and put back together. I told them no. My question is what could be the problem? My other mechanic said it could be the computer. Another mechanic told me I should break down and buy a used engine.
The dealer said it could be these problems.
POSS CAMSHAFT TIMING
POSS COMPRESSION LOSS IN CYLINDER LINE
POSS CYLINDER HEAD OR VALVE DAMAGE
My thoughts are it could be build up so I thought I could drain the gas put in some valve cleaner then put in fresh gas as well as an oil change.
Does any one know what it could be or what I should do? Also money is an issue.
The dealer said it could be these problems.
POSS CAMSHAFT TIMING
POSS COMPRESSION LOSS IN CYLINDER LINE
POSS CYLINDER HEAD OR VALVE DAMAGE
My thoughts are it could be build up so I thought I could drain the gas put in some valve cleaner then put in fresh gas as well as an oil change.
Does any one know what it could be or what I should do? Also money is an issue.