76 seville engine

[abcfg]

were any 76 Sevilles made with fuel injected Pontiac 350 engines? My brother is convinced that the engine in his Seville is a pontiac block, the same as his 400, But from what I found they only had oldsmobiles.

[maxwedge]

Absolutely not, they were all 350 Olds blocks with primative Bosch fuel injection, or later on they converted the 350 Olds to diesel which was a disaster.

[MagicRat]

Originally Posted by maxwedge

later on they converted the 350 Olds to diesel which was a disaster.

Oddly enough, for the diesel Cadillac era, the diesel 350 was the 'standard' engine, the gasoline engine was the option...... which, of course, goes against common car marketing tactics.

[abcfg]

He is still convinced that it is a fuel injected pontiac 350 with a spider intake. I think he is . I can't convince him otherwise. Although, it could have been put in there. Who knows.

[maxwedge]

Tell him to google those Sevilles all the factory info is out there, I was a field trouble shooter for Cadillac back then, no Pontiac engines for sure.

[CRBBASHR]

gonna attach a tail to this post instead of starting my own-76 seville 350 OLDS motor, just my transpo at the moment, looking for some experienced help here; running real crappy-done cap/rotor/a-filter/plugs/wires.thinking fuel filter (can't find it yet) or something that decided to take a dump at the same time as when i did this stuff and run worse.@#$$%%^$#^& appreciate any help.i bought this 76 seville becuase it has a 350 olds motor-for a reason, but i'm missing something.

[maxwedge]

There is no way to diagnose this accurately on the net, , low fuel pressure, bad dist sensor/gov allowing only 4 cylinders to fire, you need to determine whether all 8 injectors are firing. You need a shop manual to get into this. Make sure you have vacuum to the map sensor at the port on the ecu under the center dash also.

[CRBBASHR]

thanks for the leads-this may end up being outside my capabilities.