Questions & Answers for: buick 3800 engine coolant problem

...3800 engine. Buick dealer parts guy over 20 years. You need a new upper intake manifold as it has leaked coolant into the combustion chamber. Also new plugs as you will have to remove them to get the ...

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Question about 1995 Riviera

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...coolant into the combustion chamber. The new ones were re-designed and do not give any trouble. My 90 buick 3800 has 295000 miles on it. If yours is supercharged it does not have that intake

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Question about 1998 Park Avenue

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...Buick park ave 150,000 miles 1998 supercharged If this is a 3800, Upper Intake Plenum or Lower intake gaskets are an inevitability. Head gaskets on these engines rarely go out! Seriously, don't get ...

...will tell you it needs head gaskets. They are wrong! I worked in a buick dealership for 20 years and have only seen one head gasket that was bad on a 3800 engine and it was not a gm original

...3800 V6 engine than it is most likely the plastic intake. They are known for going bad. The coolant is leaking into the intake and the car is burning it. This is a problem that needs to be checked ...

Question about 1998 Park Avenue

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...buick park ave ultra ran hot til the point that it shut off and wont start.someone told me it could be my head gasket Never have seen a bad head gasket on a 3800. Your problem could be the upper ...

...buick lacross 3800 , po128 (ect) The code is telling you the engine temp sensor is telling the computer the engine is not warming up as it should.Sometimes the problem is the thermostat, or low ...

Question about 1994 Land Cruiser

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...buick ninety eight 3800 I am having a problem with the car overheating. When it gets around 200 degrees yu cant push on the accelerator without it stalling. I found a leak by the thermostat so I ...

...Buick Park Avenue 1992 with a 3800 engine Are you sure its a head gasket? The coolant cross over gaskets on the intake manifold are famous for blowing out and simulating a head gasket failure. 9 out ...

...Buick 3800? Not really. The 3100 is a Chevy 2.8 and the 3800 is a Buick engine. Most everything is different including exhaust manifolds, engine brackets, and wiring. GM W body cars, 3100 3400 SFI, ...

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