20 Most Recent 1996 Buick Roadmaster - Page 3 Questions & Answers

Next -is having a repair shop properly test the car & resolveIt's about knowing what your doing & testing,using the proper equip & reference material,not replacing any parts, until all problems are found

You have a leak or bad regulator.

need to bring it into a garage and let them do it for you.

First let me say thanks for the effort for our country.Do you know if the injectors are getting voltage and pulse ground, and if the plugs are getting spark ?You need to know that to proceed.

Computer or wiring harness if i had to guess

Hi Erin, I think you should take the vehicle to have a diagnostic scan carried out very urgently. Never ignore puffs of smoke or your family may be missing you! Regards John

sounds like a stuck thermostat. also check your belts to make sure they are tight sometimes the tensioner pulley's spring can go bad.

it is the cigarette lighter fuse.

Common problem. You most likely have a blown fuse on your cigarette lighter circuit. These get shorted out all the time due to faulty phone chargers, GPS units, coins in ash tray getting stuck in the socket, etc...This same circuit is what powers pin 16 of your data link connector(an OBD scanner will not work without it).The Fuse you need to check is the CIG/DLC fuse, which is Fuse #28 (20 Amp) in your instrument panel fuse block. The instrument panel fuse block is located on the driver's side of the instrument panel.Be sure to check your cigarette lighter for some of the things mentioned above, and take corrective action, or you will only blow another fuse.