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Old Oct 27, 2023 | 10:45 AM
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Hello i have a 1990 buick lesabre thats in almost pristine condition. It just blew a head gasket at 100k miles out of nowhere. So i bought a parts 1990 lesabre that i will junking. Ive decided to swap the motor out along with the blue interior (i like the blue interior more then the tan one). Hopefully i can get this buick back on the road!

Any tips on what else i should do? Is it wrong to take the pristine interior out of the brown one for the blue one? I mean i hate the tan interior
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Old Oct 27, 2023 | 10:50 AM
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Old Oct 27, 2023 | 11:24 AM
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Anything is possible, but the intake manifold gaskets on these engine are crap.Hate for you to go to all that work for a possible easy repair. I hate tan interiors in general too.



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Yeah I'd diagnose the blown head gasket engine before swapping everything across.

At the risk of breaking up the anti tan interior party, I'd leave it alone. Blue interior will look weird with a brown car, and both of those colors can't go with any pair of shoes at the same time.
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