Early morning drove across town about 12 miles. stopped at a red light, motor died. Started after grinding over a few times but was stumbling and looping. Turned the corner onto a side street to get out of traffic and the motor died again. Would not re-fire, ran battery down so removed the battery and carried it to the station to have it re-charged. Put back in and still would not start and had it towned home.'

No trouble codes on the check engine dash light as we had removed the battery. Are the codes still in the E.C.M. and can they be read with an OBD-1 scanner?

Also, we unhooked the air filter and sprayed ether starter fluid into the intake and the motor started and purred like a kitten while we were squirting the fluid in.


Any suggestions greatly appreciated as this car only has 62,000 miles on it.