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1997 Buick Lesabre Repair Question


Topics covered: Coolant, Engine, Gas.
Mileage: No information provided.

Asked on July 29, 2009

1997 Buick Lesabre carpro tech ,question

Engine Performance problem
1997 Buick Lesabre 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 180 miles

Hi. i have a prob with this old lesabre i picked up for one of my kids to drive. and so far am stumped..
this car has a series 2 3800 .the engine overheated and would not start. after doing a lot of diag i found.
fuel pressure 45psi
spark good spark at all plugs
injector pulse on all inj.
removed inj and all have perfect spray pattern
compression 120 on all cyl
no blown fuses
.

removed timeing cover timeing gears fine.
new crank sensor and cam sensor.


only code showed up on mt 2500 no cam signal

exhaust is not plugged

removed plantum intake chamber full of oily anti
replaced plantum gasket.
car started and ran fine.


until we put coolant in, then died same thing cranks and no start. no water in the oil.


do you think the intake gasket could be blown and internally leaking into the conbustion chamber.


this is the only logical explanation i can come up with
for the oil and coolant under the plantum.

well any help would be appriciated. thanks billymac
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Answer

Replied on August 3, 2009

The coolant in the intake is from the EGR passage being rotten, letting coolant into the upper plenum.If you remove the upper and turn it over, you will see it rotten where the EGR gasses go through it.Common for those engines

Tiny Answered by 2CarPros Jack (expert)
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Replied on August 3, 2009

Hi Jack
Yes you are exactly right. the funny thing is i removed the plantum and dissassembled , and shined a light inside exhaust port. but was unable to find the leak. however after reading your post i checked again and just minor pressure with a ink pen revealed
pin hole...anyway i really appriciate your help.

billymac

Tiny Response from billymac (expert)
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Replied on August 3, 2009

Anytime.Funny thing is I had the exact same thing on the rack at the same time...... quite a coincidince

Tiny Answered by 2CarPros Jack (expert)
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