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Just remember for a GM car 96 and older... it's Green not Dexcool :)
Valvoline fluid tech line.
I've got a Caddy. It has 120k or so on it and has an overheating problem. Mine needs a new radiator, it would leak enough out to get hot through a small leak (my theory is that the plastic shields underneath held the water till it dried up). It turned out that after I ran it a lot, while checking it out, the crack opened up wider and started leaking.
The reason I don't think it's the head gaskets is that there is no exhaust in the water, and there is no steam in the exhaust.
Don't get took, shops will do that if you don't keep them accountable.
The water pumps are insanely easy to get to and change, and the radiators cost 130-200 new, and they are not a hard job either.
2002 Cadillac Seville bad head bolts, replaced under warranty 12 months ago. They are now pulling out of the block and the engine has to be replaced. Seems to be a bad design; is Cadillac in any way responsible for the cost of the repairs?
Al Poll.
I'm about to purchase a 97 devil! I got a 84 and its worn out :-) Lifters are gone so bad I just left the push rods and rockers out until I can pull the intake :-) I can repair anything from a wheel barrow to the space shuttle. I'm a electronic tech, computer tech., aircraft maint. tech.
What do you guys think? Am I taking on more than I can handle?
It's overheating... but I have found it has a liquid cooled alt. and lots of other places to leak! Haven't even seen the car but my boss who bought it for me says it's a cosmetic jewel!
I've owned a Fiero 84, VW camper 75, 67 Chevy pickup... all for a long time.
What do you guys think?
pmiller@utk.edu
When I got my 99 Deville it used a qt of oil every 500 miles, but it was driven by an older man. I have changed my oil consumption from 500 to 1500 miles per qt buy doing 2 things. One using Kendall motor oil, which has always had a detergent that really keeps and engine clean, and also making sure I take the car out and running it very hard once a month if not more.
A standard Deville shuts off @ 112 and I try to run it several miles as close to top speed as I can. There is something to what they say about carbon build up in the ring groves in the pistons. And they don't seem to stay seated well without letting the engine use some of its performance it is able to produce.
But I am different; I guess using some oil doesn't bother me if I am not fouling plugs.
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