Hi i need a 3.8 for my 2002 bonneville sl anybody have a suggestion for the northeast ohio area (Mentor).
Also is there a write up on pulling this engine on the forum that someone can point me to.

Thanks Dan

Ok this has fixed all the issues in my orginal post .The rubber seal between the master cyl and break
vacume booster was torn causing a bad vacume leak i did not have to change the booster just
the rubber seal .I tried to post a picture but cannot.Thanks for all who replied,and i hope my solution ...

The part that rock auto shows looks like the check valve gromet,not the seal between the booster and master cyl.

Ok i found a bad vacume leak between the master cyl and break booster . there is a rubber seal in betwwen them is that a vacume seal that can be replaced? or is the booster toast?.

I thought about bad gas the gas i put in right before this all started should be gone by now .I have added gas at least 3 more times
since from different stations.
Thanks for the reply.

Ok friday night my large plastic coolent elbow let go about 25 miles from home i replaced them in the parking lot with the aluminium ones just to get home .When i got back home i pulled the maf sensor cleaned it let it dry over night that did
not solve anything.Soon as the car reaches operating ...

I changed the plugs mid summer 2013 .I have tried several different maf sensors .I will try cleaning the orig maf.

Ok im stumped .please excuse my bad grammer.2002 se 3.8 175000 miles ran great until 2/26/2014 never a CEL no problems.
on the 26th went for gas was driving around town no problem sitting at idle in parking lot car stumbled started to miss and voltage
gage droped just tap the gas and voltage gage ...

I put the monroe replacement air shocks on my 2000 buick lesabre same system as on my bonneville but i removed the compressor
because it was shot and so was the switch on the control arm i just put a old school valve in the trunk i think the Instructions with the monroes said to keep 30 psi min in ...

Ok thanks guys for the response just seemed funny that my buick has it and the bonneville dosen't with the same motor .
but i will just leave it alone the buick runs good enough just the way it is.

Thanks Dan

I have a 2000 lesabre it looks like it has a air pump down by the abs pump is that cali emissions can it be removed i am in ohio
my 2002 bonneville does not have this pump anybody know ?

Thanks Dan

Well i drove the car around for a few days with the MAF unplugged with out any problems .Saturday i plugged the MAF back in
and had the jerking right away tonight sunday night it stalled at a red light started right back up . well i guess its time for a new MAF
thanks for the replys i would have ...

Well i have been driving with the maf dissconnected for a day and a half with no stalling i let everybody know if it starts
stalling when i plug it back in.

I had the same problem on my 02 se interior lights kept blowing the fuse i broke the door off my driver side visor just messing
around with it but i found part of a broken steel clip or contact in that visor it just fell out no blown fuse for over a month now

I had a simular problem with my 2000 buick lesabre last year out of the blue it ran really bad no power at all and just would barely
run at idle i changed my plugs and wires they were old that made it run better but did not fix it so i used my inductive timing light
to check each spark plug wire for ...

Ok guys been driving the car a few more days i took the throttle body off and cleaned it and it really needed it.But the car stalled on me again today it seems to only do it at a red light and still starts right back up no codes please any ideas

Thanks Dan

Ok i have a 2002 bonneville se with 155,000 miles on it just bought it about a month ago .I have put about 2500 miles on it since
with no problems so far .I did flush out all the dex cool and change the thermostat to a moto rad 195 deg unit, the top of the motor
is spotless no leaks of any kind oil ...