well i found out were all my antifreeze was going. the engine! so long story short gonna cost 700ish to fix. somthing about plastic manifold cracked and ****. ******* a. im so broke and cant afford this **** right now and it happend on my gfs bday wtf i hate cars

you dont sound mechanically inclined but depenidng where you live there may be someone near you who could help you fix this w/o the labor costs of a dealership. I would suggest doing the lower intake gaskets too.

im not very machanicly inclined. my guys pretty good been going to him for years and years. so thats prolly the cheapest deal. any other things i should replace? how much does it normaly cost to fix this? sounded pretty commen.
thanks john
anyone wana give me money? about a grand would help? starving, hardworking, college kid here thanks

I had this happen a couple winters ago, cracked intake manifold and hydrolocked the engine (fortuneately didn't damage the engine!) My recollection was I paid a reputable independent garage about $750 for everything.

And yes, GM did have the brilliant idea of making this out of plastic.

Many places on this site it'* posted that if you aren't supercharged you should read about the upper intake manifold

This thread is stickied at the top of this forum http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...ic.php?t=28226

The plastic intake is technically a composite (yes..basically plastic).

Sorry to hear about your intake failure, the parts alone (including lower intake gaskets) cost about $250 and the job takes about 5 hours. This includes changing the lower intake manifold gaskets with aluminum frame gaskets from the dealer.

***Have the lower gaskets changed when the upper manifold is changed or you could have them leak as well***

ok fixed took 2 days cost only 700. upper intake manifold as expected woo.
ok new issue the oil pressure drops when stopd also sound realy rough like its gonna stall when stopd and idling? any ideas? im shure you people do. thanks John

Your bearings are probably hammered from the coolant. Sorry to say.

Happened here too to my 98 se but luckilly i caught it in time. Sorry man, hate to hear about a broken bonnie.

You didn't catch it in time and you didn't drain the oil (fouled with water and antifreeze) in time. I predict a total bottom-end engine failure in your immediate future.

It happens.

Man, it must be a bad week or something. Yeah, you're looking at a new engine. Start shopping now. Sorry.