Hey Guys, I have a 1996 3.8L Bonneville. I was driving and the oil pressure just dropped out and the engine started to make a loud tapping/rattling. I am trying to get to what happened. So far I dropped the oil pan but did not discover any metal pieces. My next guess is I was going to try getting to ...

The coolant sat there for maybe a couple days, until I realized what happened and then dumped the oil, coolant, removed plugs and made the fix, followed by 2 oil changes.

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It was kind of sudden, the drop in oil press. and the noise. Before the noise it was running perfect. I changed oil twice after I did the intake job. I could not get to the car this week, but first thing I will do is drain the oil and drop the pan. Is there any possibility the pickup screen could be ...

Hey Guys, I am having another problem with my 3.8L 1996 bonneville. While driving home from work today, I started to here a tapping noise. The noise got louder so I pulled over and had the car towed home. When the noise got louder I noticed the oil press. gauge red lining and bouncing back and forth ...

Thanks, even though I replaced the coil I am still going to check the other 2 so I will have an idea for next time. The car has almost 210000mi. just wondering how much life is left in it.

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Hey guys, I have yet another problem with my 3.8L 96 Bonneville. After sitting in stop and go traffic for over 1hr. the car started to buckle and shake. The dash/volt would drop from 12-13 and then go almost down to the red. I was able to pull off an exit and had almost no pickup. Felt like it was ...

Hey, need some help, I dont have any air blowing out of the vents. Only blows on defrost. I am not sure if this has anything to do with it but I did notice a broken line going to the vac. accumulator. Has anyone ever had this problem before. Thanks.

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Thanks for the advice on the size socket. Changed it out today and leak is gone. Only problem was the place I bought the sensor from I had also picked up a special socket for the sensor. It was a K-D socket, except that even though the socket was 27mm, it bottomed out and I could not use it. A 27MM ...

Thanks for the info on the socket size. I will bring that and channel locks. I will let you know how it goes tomorrow.
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I will let you know tomorrow. The car is at my workplace. I am going to try and get there in the early AM and replace the sensor. Could not get a good look at it. I will find out what shape it is in when I remove it. The engine oil poured out of it like a faucet when engine was running. I saw a few ...

Sorry, driveway Al here. Forgot to mention the car is a Bonneville 1996 3.8L engine.

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Hey guys, intake manifold replace went great. Now I have another problem. I have a massive oil leak from my oil pressure sensor. not sure if it unscrews out or is pushed in. Anyone else ever have this problem. The oil basically drained out of my engine.

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Thanks, i will erase the history code and wait till sometime next wk and take car for inspection. I doubt their comp. will pick up an erased history code. The car runs graet and i want to keep for awhile. The only other problem is that it can be a gashog. While changing out UIM and LIM I found ...

its New Jersey, besides having the highest taxes and most crowded roads they are also a pain in the ass about CEL. No matter what the light is on for they will fail you regardless.
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will the history code go away or do I still need to turn off? I am not sure if the state insp. will fail a car for the history code. If I erase history code do you think the car still needs to run another drive cycle after that. I still have another month or so for reinspection. Thanks for the ...

not yet, I was hoping the computer would run a drive cycle and delete it. I can erase it myself but i thought the comp. would delete it from memory. This way i woukld know for sure it is ready for inspection. Do you think it may be a stored code. The actron reader does not give you much info. thanks ...

Hey guys, my check engine light went off. It was reading the p0171 code. I found a crimped and cracked vacuum line and replaced it. I was ready to take the car back thru state inspection but when I checked the OBD2 with the actron code reader the p0171 code was still there even though the CEL was ...

Hey guys, thanks for everyones help in replacing the LIM and UIM gaskets. Car is running great. Took it for inspection today and now it failed for something completely different. A P0171 code came up on their comp. It turns out that I did not notice because my check engine light was burned out. Can ...

Thanks for the info. Can I still use the red because I do not have the holes for the locating pins in the block.

Hey Guys, finally putting my car backet together after nearly 2 weeks. I am having a problem as to which side rail gaskets to use on the LIM. I bought the Fel Pro Permadry Plus MS 98014 T Intake Gasket Kit. They have a set of light Blue or (Red with locating pins) side rail gaskets. The original ...