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

[77_Vette]

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 ???????

[MustangRoadRacer]

that's gm for you.

[Jporter12]

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.

[77_Vette]

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 !!