Its my 2000 Lesabre...105k....cant wait to see the gaskets and plenum....I flushed the dex at 25k miles and put in Prestone mix with all.....

Take some pics if you are able to, hope the job goes well for you or whoever is doing it.

Whew, what'* the price tag on that job gonna be?

we I decided to take it to a ocal shop....I bought al the parts...labor was 220.00
I just stopped over and he is changing the oil ...the UIM looked fine,,,no signs of burning but the LIM gaskets were shot...deformed and cracked...again I removed ALL the Dex at 25k miles.....

so I suppied the parts so I figure total 320.00....that was 2 gallons of coolant,gallon of oil, oil filter, new tstat and gasket, 2 new aluminum coolant elbows, new Dorman UIM and new FelPro metal LIM gaskets

I was going to do it myself but time needed right now I decided to have him do it

That'* not a bad price at all... I'm not even sure if my Buick needs that stuff done (could have occurred prior to my ownership?) but I feared a $400-500 price tag minimum for the labor involved. I guess it all depends on labor rate of the shop.

Around here that'* an $800/900 job if you go to a reputable shop, what a bargain. Can't believe you had it done for that cheap. Shops here will not warranty/install parts that you bring in.......................

this is a local shop the guy runs out of his 4 bay garage,,,very meticlious,,,I brought him 2 gallons of antifreeze,gallon of oil, oil filter, aluminum coolant elbows. felpro li gaskets amd Dorman upper and a new tstat..everything looks great, no drips,leaks etc..im very pleased..He was about 6 hrs.total that he had my car...