What's going on with GM's 3800 ??

Hi again.........

I posted my problem with my 3800 (Series II) with collant loss several weeks ago. Members who posted were right - manifold gasket - to make a very long story short !!

This plastic piece was used in my 1998 Lumina LTZ. Further research on the net shows that GM has a recall for this applying to all 2000 - 2003 GM products with this engine - Impala, Regal, Bonneville, etc, etc.

My question is this: Has GM FINALLY got this silly thing fixed with the 2004 engines ???? Apparantly this does not apply to the supercharged engines as they didn't use plastic - they kept to aluminum due to higher operating pressures.

Any thoughts or opions out there on this ???????

that's gm for you.

Did you just have to do the gasket, or was the upper intake (Plenum) also leaking? I've seen a number of them leaking just past the throttle body, from the coolant holes, to the EGR passage.

As for them fixing it, I really doubt it. To really fix it, they'd have to get away from the plastic gasket, and Dexcool.

Jporter12.........just the gasket, so we'll see what happens in the coming months. In the meantime we have "Plan B" underway - prepare to get rid of the car before the 1 year warranty work that was done expires !!