It is currently Thu Oct 09, 2025 6:04 am

All times are UTC - 5 hours





 Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: 1999 88 quit
PostPosted: Thu May 07, 2009 8:36 am 
TOC Member
TOC Member

Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 8:38 pm
Posts: 30
Location: Jackson Michigan
Driving down the highway yesterday, low coolant light came on, then the check engine light. Pulled off highway, poped hood saw nothing wrong, shut engine off, checked radiator, checked oil, no antifreeze in oil, went to restart, all kinds of white smoke ran rough, shut engine off, looked around engine compartment, saw nothing, went to restart, would not start, had to have her towed home. Any ideas ?



_________________
Russ
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: 1999 88 quit
PostPosted: Thu May 07, 2009 1:53 pm 
TOC Admin
TOC Admin
User avatar

Joined: Fri Jun 06, 2003 3:58 pm
Posts: 3166
Images: 29
Location: Michigan, USA
Sounds like you might have had the infamous 3800 intake manifold coolant leak....unfortunately it wasn't caught in time.

TOC Admin
Brando



_________________
1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue GLS
1987 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale
Offline
 Profile Personal album  
 
 Post subject: Re: 1999 88 quit
PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:16 am 
TOC Member
TOC Member

Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 8:38 pm
Posts: 30
Location: Jackson Michigan
Update on my sick car....It was the upper intake manifold leak (shame on GM) Went to parts store and got the new improved intake manifold, oil and filter, spark plugs, antifreeze came to a total of $218.00 for everything. Took about 4 hours to replace, and it's not that hard of a job. And she runs Great... If you have the OEM manifold on your car, it's a disaster waiting to happen, I was lucky, we got the engine off before any damage could happen, you may not.



_________________
Russ
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: 1999 88 quit
PostPosted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:01 pm 
TOC Member
TOC Member
User avatar

Joined: Sun Feb 15, 2004 3:25 am
Posts: 3196
Images: 10
Location: Southern California
Thanks for the update.

Norm



_________________
Harry S. Truman wrote:
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
Offline
 Profile Personal album  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
 Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] 


All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 37 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: