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[Whitey]

My 93' Oldsmobile has 278,000 miles on it still original motor.  The only major issue was it got a new trans around 150,000 but thats it.  Everytime I get the thing inspected I say "well hopefully itll last another year"  and I've been saying that for 5 years now.  The car will definitely destroy the 300,000 mark on a 100% original motor

[onlyflash944]

My 93' Oldsmobile has 278,000 miles on it still original motor.  The only major issue was it got a new trans around 150,000 but thats it.  Everytime I get the thing inspected I say "well hopefully itll last another year"  and I've been saying that for 5 years now.  The car will definitely destroy the 300,000 mark on a 100% original motor

for most engines, not a major feat with regular oil changes and proper maintenance but quite cool none the less

[N1 Andy]

I'd be willing to bet its not the top end making noise if it has no oil pressure   

[NoPistons!]

Those are pretty nice cars. watch out for the plastic intakes though if its a series 2 motor they like to let coolant into the cylinders. Had to replace the intake on my dads 95 park ave twice now and the car only has 125k. Ours is now low on oil pressure at idle for some reason. we think its all the coolant i has ingested ate the bearings :/ 95 was an oddball year for those too so some stuff is 95 only.

Yes i hate them.

I hate banging my hands up working on the  motor.  There's NO fucking room to do shit.   I had the whole plastic intake/egr/coolant fail thing happen.  I had to rip all that shit out and replace it.   The thing leaks oil but i'm too lazy to give a shit.   It's still leaking coolant into somewheres.....

It's a goddamn curse is what it is and i want to drive it off a cliff (YES WITH ME IN IT) sometimes.


Oh, yeah.  And $80 door handles ftl.  That's exterior, ONE HANDLE.  FUCK.

GET RID OF THE THING.

[snm95ls]

Those are pretty nice cars. watch out for the plastic intakes though if its a series 2 motor they like to let coolant into the cylinders. Had to replace the intake on my dads 95 park ave twice now and the car only has 125k. Ours is now low on oil pressure at idle for some reason. we think its all the coolant i has ingested ate the bearings :/ 95 was an oddball year for those too so some stuff is 95 only.

Yes i hate them.

I hate banging my hands up working on the  motor.  There's NO fucking room to do shit.   I had the whole plastic intake/egr/coolant fail thing happen.  I had to rip all that shit out and replace it.   The thing leaks oil but i'm too lazy to give a shit.   It's still leaking coolant into somewheres.....

It's a goddamn curse is what it is and i want to drive it off a cliff (YES WITH ME IN IT) sometimes.


Oh, yeah.  And $80 door handles ftl.  That's exterior, ONE HANDLE.  FUCK.

GET RID OF THE THING.

 :?

What a pussy.  There are far more cramped engine bays than any FWD 3800 powered GM vehicle.

[arsenio]

Those are pretty nice cars. watch out for the plastic intakes though if its a series 2 motor they like to let coolant into the cylinders. Had to replace the intake on my dads 95 park ave twice now and the car only has 125k. Ours is now low on oil pressure at idle for some reason. we think its all the coolant i has ingested ate the bearings :/ 95 was an oddball year for those too so some stuff is 95 only.

Yes i hate them.

I hate banging my hands up working on the  motor.  There's NO fucking room to do shit.   I had the whole plastic intake/egr/coolant fail thing happen.  I had to rip all that shit out and replace it.   The thing leaks oil but i'm too lazy to give a shit.   It's still leaking coolant into somewheres.....

It's a goddamn curse is what it is and i want to drive it off a cliff (YES WITH ME IN IT) sometimes.


Oh, yeah.  And $80 door handles ftl.  That's exterior, ONE HANDLE.  FUCK.

GET RID OF THE THING.

 :?

What a pussy.  There are far more cramped engine bays than any FWD 3800 powered GM vehicle.

and far less... he is just spoiled by the rx7 having so much engine bay room.

[Joseph Davis]

I'm spoiled by reliable machines whose engine bays I don't worry about because I don't need to work on them.  Fuck a rotory, and fuck a decent GM product that the owner's too stupid to replace the IM correctly so he blames lingering coolant leaks on the design.

[arsenio]

I'm spoiled by reliable machines whose engine bays I don't worry about because I don't need to work on them.  Fuck a rotory, and fuck a decent GM product that the owner's too stupid to replace the IM correctly so he blames lingering coolant leaks on the design.

then do do you put the turbo on? magic?

[Joseph Davis]

I'm spoiled by reliable machines whose engine bays I don't worry about because I don't need to work on them.  Fuck a rotory, and fuck a decent GM product that the owner's too stupid to replace the IM correctly so he blames lingering coolant leaks on the design.

then do do you put the turbo on? magic?

Like there are any turbo LeSabres on this forum.   

[arsenio]

I'm spoiled by reliable machines whose engine bays I don't worry about because I don't need to work on them.  Fuck a rotory, and fuck a decent GM product that the owner's too stupid to replace the IM correctly so he blames lingering coolant leaks on the design.

then do do you put the turbo on? magic?

Like there are any turbo LeSabres on this forum.  

i was talking about your car, not lesabers. seems you were too. now your trying to flip-flop...


p.s. i just saw that i said "do do" and not "how do"  WTF?

[Joseph Davis]

I'm spoiled by reliable machines whose engine bays I don't worry about because I don't need to work on them.  Fuck a rotory, and fuck a decent GM product that the owner's too stupid to replace the IM correctly so he blames lingering coolant leaks on the design.

then do do you put the turbo on? magic?

Like there are any turbo LeSabres on this forum.  

i was talking about your car, not lesabers. seems you were too. now your trying to flip-flop...

Let's not confuse the first step to a successful turbo build - a reliable beater - with where I put the turbo on my toy car.

 

p.s. i just saw that i said "do do" and not "how do"  WTF?

I noticed that.  Freudian?

[chris]

Get daytons for it

[RotaryGeek]

Those are pretty nice cars. watch out for the plastic intakes though if its a series 2 motor they like to let coolant into the cylinders. Had to replace the intake on my dads 95 park ave twice now and the car only has 125k. Ours is now low on oil pressure at idle for some reason. we think its all the coolant i has ingested ate the bearings :/ 95 was an oddball year for those too so some stuff is 95 only.

Yes i hate them.

I hate banging my hands up working on the  motor.  There's NO fucking room to do shit.   I had the whole plastic intake/egr/coolant fail thing happen.  I had to rip all that shit out and replace it.   The thing leaks oil but i'm too lazy to give a shit.   It's still leaking coolant into somewheres.....

It's a goddamn curse is what it is and i want to drive it off a cliff (YES WITH ME IN IT) sometimes.


Oh, yeah.  And $80 door handles ftl.  That's exterior, ONE HANDLE.  FUCK.

GET RID OF THE THING.

Dude what are you talking about. Besides my old 85 f250, this thing has the biggest engine bay of any car I have owned.

[Minor Threat]

Like there are any turbo LeSabres on this forum.   

Local kid has a turbo Regal that can't keep a transmission/clutch pack/torque converter in one piece to save his life. The car breaks EVERY time he drives it.

[Ntrain2k]

Like there are any turbo LeSabres on this forum.   

Local kid has a turbo Regal that can't keep a transmission/clutch pack/torque converter in one piece to save his life. The car breaks EVERY time he drives it.

Sounds to me like he needs to either learn how to drive, or get a real tranny built for it.

[Robb]

Those are pretty nice cars. watch out for the plastic intakes though if its a series 2 motor they like to let coolant into the cylinders. Had to replace the intake on my dads 95 park ave twice now and the car only has 125k. Ours is now low on oil pressure at idle for some reason. we think its all the coolant i has ingested ate the bearings :/ 95 was an oddball year for those too so some stuff is 95 only.

Yes i hate them.

I hate banging my hands up working on the  motor.  There's NO fucking room to do shit.   I had the whole plastic intake/egr/coolant fail thing happen.  I had to rip all that shit out and replace it.   The thing leaks oil but i'm too lazy to give a shit.   It's still leaking coolant into somewheres.....

It's a goddamn curse is what it is and i want to drive it off a cliff (YES WITH ME IN IT) sometimes.


Oh, yeah.  And $80 door handles ftl.  That's exterior, ONE HANDLE.  FUCK.

GET RID OF THE THING.

If you have issues with working in the engine bay of a buick lasabre, you have no business working on cars. 

Why the fuck arent you banned yet? 

[Minor Threat]

Like there are any turbo LeSabres on this forum.   

Local kid has a turbo Regal that can't keep a transmission/clutch pack/torque converter in one piece to save his life. The car breaks EVERY time he drives it.

Sounds to me like he needs to either learn how to drive, or get a real tranny built for it.

And this is how we know you have no knowledge at all of FWD GM 3800 trans.

[Ntrain2k]

Like there are any turbo LeSabres on this forum.   

Local kid has a turbo Regal that can't keep a transmission/clutch pack/torque converter in one piece to save his life. The car breaks EVERY time he drives it.

Sounds to me like he needs to either learn how to drive, or get a real tranny built for it.

And this is how we know you have no knowledge at all of FWD GM 3800 trans.

Interesting, as they can be built to handle well over 450 ft/lb of torque.

He needs to fund a real tranny guy, or man up and swap in a 4t80E.

No, I don't know shit about them.

 

[snm95ls]

4T80E FTW. 

4T65E is marginally better than the 60E, but an 80E is just plain stronger all around.