Cylinder not firing.

I Just recently purchased the car and guy said it has an injector issue. I put over 1,000 miles on it with little problems. Runs rough at idle and will shut off. Always starts back up. Once I had trouble getting the car to start after it had shut off on me but it started back up fifteen minutes later. I just recently " ran out of gas" or at least thought I did. Put five gallons in the tank and it would not start. Will not run off of starting fluid either.

1991 Olds 98 3.8 mileage: 111,941. My car will not start after the engine cools down. The mechanic has replaced the crankshaft, camshaft sensors, IGN module and computer. He has checked for electrical problems. Computer shows everything is fine. He has been working on it for about three weeks. Originally, it burned up the two sensors and the module and he does not know why it did that. He is really stumped. Any ideas? Even tried a new coil pack. Two mechanics now stumped. They have asked several GM mechanics in the area as well.

You need to check and see if you have fuel pressure when the car will not start. If you don't have any pressure you will need to replace the fuel pump and filter. Also, check to see if you have spark when the car will not start. Then check to see if you have electrical pulse to the injectors when the car will not start. If the windings in the fuel injector have shorted, the electrical draw from the computer by that injector will burn out the computer. Each injector should be checked with an Ohmmeter for proper resistance. Also, with an Ohmmeter, check the ground connections to the computer. Finally, check the alternator for a failing diode. If a diode is weak, AC volts can leak out and cause havoc with a computer. A computer is designed to work on DC volts.

I have a 1985 oldsmobile 98 regency brougham and I took out the old non working radio and installed a new one, but I done all of this with the battery terminals left on, now the radio works fine but the car just turns over, like it's not getting any spark, it will not start, what could cause this

When I turn the key the engine cranks, but wont start, I will check for spark next! Yes I cut the wires I have done 4 or 5 radio swaps before and have had no problem, even with the battery still hooked up, thanks

I just check for spark and have none :(

Car will start fine first start up of the day however after I turn the car off it will not start again for about three hours, which is fine if I go to work but I cannot go get groceries with it.
It does not matter if the engine is running for thirty seconds, five miles or five hundred miles once I turn the car off it will not start again.

Sorry for my ignorance but will a multimeter do the same thing?And where might I find the ignition module? Your probably bangin your head at these questions but I really appreciate your help! Also my fuse box dosent exactly look like that I dont know if that makes a difference, the #5 10 amp is not mine, im also a little confused as to why the #9, 10, and 25 fuses look the way they do. Thanks again.

I havent had a chance to do this yet and I can hear the fuel pump running although today makes me think it has something to do with the engine temp my model has a digital gauge that seems to read correctly however today while driving home from work I had to sit idle waiting for a train when it suddenly back fired then died the temp was 1 bar over half it started right away which surprised me. About a mile down the road it stalled again with a series of backfires while moving at 55mph and wouldn't restart I noticed at that time the cooling fans wern't on about 15mins later while being towed home the temp dropped to 1/4 and I tried to start it again it backfired twice then started running fine I made it the rest of the 15miles home and it started to backfire again with the temp 1 bar above half here at home I disconnected the battery and fiddled with some wires on the temp sending unit attemped to restart the car and it started to my supprise the ac pump started clicking on and off and the cooling fans were running again. The temp guage was at 1/4 again I have only owned the car a week and this whole time the ac has never tried to kick on and I never noticed whether or not the cooling fans were kicking on but I have read if the car starts to overheat that it disables the AC

my question is does this car have 2 temperature sending units? One for the gauge and one for the pcm?

The guy I bought the car from told me that this part (temp sending unit on intake manifold) crumbled when he touched it so he went to autozone and the guy there told him it was a knock sensor and gave him the part and he replaced it. Is there a knock sensor that looks like a temp sensor? Cause I thought they looked nothing alike but maybe im wrong

sorry for the long post thanks again

PS:
i lifted these codes off the SES

41- cylinders select error- mem-cal or ecm problem ( fuel-injected models
41- cam sensor circuit (3.8 engine)

31- park/neutral position (pnp) switch circuit

66- pressure sensor or circuit air conditioning

Ok so I have spark on the plugs, there is 12 volts on the ignition module wire, and there is gas getting to the injectors, I also have 12 volts on the wire connected to the injectors, but in my fuse box there are two fuses that have to current going to them, and they are not blown, it would be # 8 and 25 on your diagram, thanks again for the help I am stumped!

So it turns out it was just a fluke that it happened that way, because I changed my spark plugs and it's running fine now :) Thanks for all your help though!