why does my engine look so diff then everybody elses i have seen, other 3800s are all black mine cream when ever i get my car looked at or worked on they ask if i painted it lol see look

I work for Buick, in fact i'm here now with nothing to do because buick don't break. It was 93-94 that mostly were black.

Looks the same except for the intake manifold as mine... NI have some pix in my cardomain page in my siggie.

cool thanx for the info what are the signs of a upper intake gasket going bad? just so i know

loss of coolant very quickly with no leaking = upper intake failure

My */c is in the way. What color is my series I motor? Another :?: Are there 3 3800 motors or is there more? I was thinking yesterday about it and wondering how many straight foward 3.8'* are there. I remember the older model gm'* with the 3.8 litre back in the early '80'*. Then came the 3800 in the later 80'* early '90s. Then the series I motor and now the series II. Just curious.

Nice clean pic of your car!

ok good cuz my coolent hasnt lost a drop i havent added or changed sice ive had the car thats like 2 years. when should i change the coolent?

ok thanx

no worries, you're not alone. My brother'* 92 Bonneville has the exact same intake and everything. (it'* the cream color.) IMO the black looks better. I guess you could always paint it if you wanted to..

On a related note, what determines whether a series II L67 has a gray or a black engine cover? Mine is grey, my mom'* 2000 is black.. the black looks a lot better. I want a black one. :(