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go to your local mall seek out this buick and aquire it go home pillage through the previous owners belongings groceries lingerie ect.. then focus on replacing the vin metal tag with a rivet gun bought at your local; autozone sold to you by some know it all over grown pair of bug nuts that on any other day you would not trust this s.o.b. to change a bandaide on a baboons ass.enjoy your newly repaired do it yourself project.Enjoy your ride
Sounds like a head gasket leak. Have a cooling system pressure test and cylinder leakdown test performed. In the meantime, you should NOT drive this vehicle or you'll cause more damage.
most likly a vavle cover gasket check them 4 leaks it leeks on the bottom and runs down on hot manifold good luck hope this helps u u can try tighting the bolts 2 may b lose
You have an oil leak , most likely the valve cover gasket. It runs down the side of the engine and burns off when it touches the hot exhaust. Pressure wash the engine at a car wash , a couple of drives later you should be able to see where the leak is and have it fixed. Check your oil level before driving anywhere. If it is a biger leak ,like a broken sender unit or something , you could destroy your engine by driving with no oil.
Finding a leak in these emission systems is almost impossible.
All it takes is a pin hole in a hose to screw up the whole system.
The best way to find the leak is to take and have a smoke test done on it. Smoke is injected into the system and where ever the leak is , the smoke will leak out of it. It's faster and more reliable then replacing hoses and other things you don't need. Call dealers, or repair shops to see who does smoke tests.
Buick 3.8's are notorious for intake manifold leaks. If you are sure you are not leaking externally (look under the alternator and on the top of the transmission), it could be an intake manifold leak. I've replaced mine...I didn't think it was too hard a job for an amateur. It could also be a head gasket, but the intake leaks are much more common.
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