# Help

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/61747>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** continental, lincoln\
**Created:** [February 22, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/61747 "2011-02-22T21:51:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Laura\_Taylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Laura\_Taylor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Laura_Taylor)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/61747/1 "2011-02-22T21:51:55Z")

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My mother died and left me a 1993 lincoln coninental. In the summer if you drove it a couple of times it would just die even if you were going down the hiway. Now in the winter if you drive it a few times when you start it again it sounds like those big fans we had when we were kids (wosh) and then it shudders for a few minutes. Also on occcasion the check charge system light flashes but does not stay on. I have changed the spark plugs, fuel filter ignition control module all to no avail. Please help me this is my only transportation.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/61747/2 "2011-02-23T00:30:39Z")

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ahem…“the check charge system light flashes” - Did you have the charging system checked? Many auto parts stores do this for free.

I don’t know anything about the big fans you had as a kid, btw, nor what “wosh” describes.