Reliabilty of Cadillacs
I have a friend who is interested in purchasing a late 80's early 90's Cadillac Fleetwood or Deville, and I was just wondering if anyone knows how reliable these cars are and if there is anything to watch out for. I beleive one of them has a 4.5L V8 and the other a 4.9L.
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Coincidental topic. I was just wondering the same thing last night. My wife wants a CTS. I started looking for them on ebay. I don't know much about the Northstar, but I see many with 150K+. IMO, the engine bay doesn't look too "shadetree mechanic friendly". :lol:
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Originally Posted by vital49
Coincidental topic. I was just wondering the same thing last night. My wife wants a CTS. I started looking for them on ebay. I don't know much about the Northstar, but I see many with 150K+. IMO, the engine bay doesn't look too "shadetree mechanic friendly". :lol:
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Re: Reliabilty of Cadillacs
Originally Posted by captainmiller
I have a friend who is interested in purchasing a late 80's early 90's Cadillac Fleetwood or Deville, and I was just wondering if anyone knows how reliable these cars are and if there is anything to watch out for. I beleive one of them has a 4.5L V8 and the other a 4.9L.
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The 4.5 is notorious for blowing head gaskets, don't know why. The 4.9 is just an updated version of the same motor and was used from 91-95. The cars are very comfortable though.
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At least a few of the years of Fleetwood though were on the Caprice/Roadmaster platform though, right? I'd assume that they'd use the same chevy powertrain. Those would be easy to work on, and pretty reliable.
And huge. Longest car in the USA for a while, IIRC. |
Sorry, I meant STS. :oops: I don't like the CTS.
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Originally Posted by chasesmith
The 4.5 is notorious for blowing head gaskets, don't know why. The 4.9 is just an updated version of the same motor and was used from 91-95. The cars are very comfortable though.
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Originally Posted by chasesmith
The 4.5 is notorious for blowing head gaskets, don't know why. The 4.9 is just an updated version of the same motor and was used from 91-95. The cars are very comfortable though.
I've heard that the Northstar is notorious for the rear main seals leaking. |
Originally Posted by vital49
Originally Posted by chasesmith
The 4.5 is notorious for blowing head gaskets, don't know why. The 4.9 is just an updated version of the same motor and was used from 91-95. The cars are very comfortable though.
I've heard that the Northstar is notorious for the rear main seals leaking. |
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