Took the car to the shop, got a call back from the mechanic later today and he tell's me it;s NOT the starter. I guess he tested the starter and its not the problem, but then tell's me he's pretty sure its the vaccum pump that controls the locks.

When he said that it made sense because if you read a previous post of mine, my door locks were working using the remote and i couldn't use the key to lock or unlock my drivers door. So this made sense when he told me this.

My only question is... is it true that the vaccum pump c an prevent the car from starting? I read a lot about the pump but never saw where it affected the car to not start?? Any ideas?


Also does anyone know a rough estiate on how many hours it would take a shop to change the pump, because he told me the pump runs 400-500 bucks but i forgot to ask him how many hours of labor that would take?


Thanks in advance.

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1992 SEL 600..... 143,000 miles