intake ?
#2
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You mean the Series II upper intake manifold?
Yes, but its a newer car and the upper intake usually begins to fail at around 90-100 000 miles :?
Yes, but its a newer car and the upper intake usually begins to fail at around 90-100 000 miles :?
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No problemo, but it never hurts to stay ahead of the game, drop in your 180 T-stat on your moms new car ASAP, also the plastic Series II engine cover traps a lot of generated heat, either vent it or remove it completely
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Originally Posted by 89BonnieSE89
You mean the Series II upper intake manifold?
Yes, but its a newer car and the upper intake usually begins to fail at around 90-100 000 miles :?
Yes, but its a newer car and the upper intake usually begins to fail at around 90-100 000 miles :?
i know my dad has replaced them on buick and such at 50k
bad engineering by gm
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I have the 01 and the mechanic told me that 1/2 way through 01 they put a stronger version on the cars...but there is no way visually to know what one you have. Sounds like a load of crap to me...but I am hoping that GM has made some changes on the newer cars.
So far so good, but mine is still has few clicks on the clock.
Has anyone had cases of a failure in a 01?
So far so good, but mine is still has few clicks on the clock.
Has anyone had cases of a failure in a 01?
#7
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Its probably a bit to early to tell for the 01 intakes. Give it a couple more years and the horror stories of ruined 3800'* may or hopefully may not roll in.
The intake manifold on the 92-94 Series I NA is plastic yet you never hear about Series I intake failures...hmmm, I guess the General learned its lesson
The intake manifold on the 92-94 Series I NA is plastic yet you never hear about Series I intake failures...hmmm, I guess the General learned its lesson
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Originally Posted by 89BonnieSE89
The intake manifold on the 92-94 Series I NA is plastic yet you never hear about Series I intake failures