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Originally posted by james t kirk
I have a 97 Buick with a 3800 Series II vin K and the upper intake manifold cracked around the EGR port and flooded the crankcase with coolant while i was doing 120 km/ hr on the 427 (18 lane highway in Toronto.)
The result was destroyed big end connecting rod bearings at 122,000 km (65,000 miles??) and I needed an engine transplant.
Cost $5,000 Canadian.
Thanks GM for building a cheap plastic upper intake manifold out of recycled coke bottles.
My advice to anyone considering buying a GM is DO NOT BUY ANYTHING WITH A PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD, OR AS THEY LIKE TO CALL IT, A COMPOSITE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD
You will be sorry just like me. I had NO idea that this piece of crap was an issue.
I wrote GM (3 times) and they offered me 800 bucks to go away and i told them to stuff it and I am now suing them in small claims court in Whitby Ontario.
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that's why they sell extended warrenties. Things like that don't happen all the time. the 3800 has been proven as one of the most reliable engines on the market. Sometimes crap just happens.