That's what I thought. I think this is just belt slippage.

Also does anyone know if after this rebuild I mat have lost my aftermarket canned tune? Do I need to reflash my PCM. Could explain some of the issues above.

***UPDATE***

Alright she is finally all back together and running. The culprit we learned was a bad mechanic that had replaced a head gasket after a bearing spun. The wrench waving monkey installed the gasket upside down with the weak side of the gasket taking the abuse. That is why it blew when I ...

Ok. So Front Head is off. Rear will also be replaced but the front gasket was the culprit. Looks like the cylinder #1 had a slow leak for some time as it was the only cylinder with build up on it.

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag454/jmj2002/20180508_013558_zpsawh2nrdk.jpg

*edit. If you ...

Perfect. Will be working on it tonight. Ill post pictures of what I find.

Been tinkering away getting her apart. Just removed the rockers last. Had to stop for work. Should find the source of the problem over the weekend.

What the He!! I will put the speed daddy headers in while I have her apart.

QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS:
When torquing the lower intake manifold back in ...

Did the test today. Test Fluid turned yellow almost instantly when gas sample was taken from the radiator. Pressure was pretty violent. Had to run the car briefly then shut off. Relieve pressure from rad cap and quickly use the test kit. Couldn't run the car with rad cap off. It was just shooting ...

That is what I was expecting. Looking more and more like either a failed gasket or worse even a cracked head. Time to get my hands dirty and take her apart again digging deeper this time. Going to double check a few things first but I have exhaust pressure in my radiator so I am pretty certain its a ...

^^^^ Well you are exactly right regarding the intelligence level of what I did. Lol.

How long should it take to burn off? Now that I have daylight available I will double check everything just to be sure.

Need some help guys.

Have a possible blown head gasket or cracked head. Looking to try and get some input from you.

Car has been modded with a smaller 3.5 pulley, CAI, Thermostas, PCM tune. Been running fantastic for over a year. 2002 with 140k on it.

LIM gaskets were changed when I bought the ...

Yes. I got my FE5 of a Buick which had the same type of bar. Seller was a scrap yard on ebay.

04 05 BONNEVILLE STABILIZER BAR FRONT HANDLING SUSPENSION OPT FE5 418388
It installed without modification and the handling was noticeably better. I got GXP struts put in at the same time.

Lol well my bad they are Aztec. Still couldn't beat the price I paid for them. Thank you on the compliments. I just plastic dipped the wheels. Looking into buying an actual black chrome set. We will see what the future holds.

Awesome thank you!

Probably will go with this one, same as link above but includes the downpipe as well. Or should I get the downpipe from ZZP Performance?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190942862984?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

Awesome, I figured they would be the correct ones but I wanted to verify!

GXP Bonneville Wheels

Speed Daddy? Listing says that its for SC L36 3800 series II Grand AM, will this work on my Bonny? Still learning the ropes.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190783013604?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Found a set of TOG used for the L36 as well but its more expensive then the ...

Hey guys, been a bit since I have been on but I figured I would post some recent pics. I am about ready to start modding under the hood and figured I would throw the new look up!

http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag454/jmj2002/WP_20150502_16_34_16_Pro_zpsatt6y6sl.jpg

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Absolutely gorgeous! Wish I could talk my wife into not needing AWD so I can buy one of these!....(for her of course)

Great work on a great looking car! I would try and stall that rust. I had my first car a black Bonneville SLE '99 and as typical the rust started on the rear wheel well area. I grabbed black Rustoleam spray paint and after cleaning the wheel wells blasted it with about 4-5 coats. That slowed the ...