02 Bonneville Recall?
Hello, I have a 2002 Pontiac Bonneville with a stock 3.8 V6, 164K miles. Had a massive failure of the intake manifold gaskets and the oil turned into some milky antifreeze/oil mixture.
I posted on CarGurus asking what to do about it and somebody told me that there was a recall for my intake manifold gaskets and my valve cover gaskets specifically for my car.
I went on a GM recall lookup website and the only thing that popped up after I entered my Vin was an air bag and a gas tank assembly being serviced in 2003.
Nothing pertaining to gaskets.
Anybody know if there actually is? I have it half way apart and if there is, having a dealer fix it may be a little more beneficial to my engine in the off chance there'* something wrong I can't see that they might.
Thanks.
I posted on CarGurus asking what to do about it and somebody told me that there was a recall for my intake manifold gaskets and my valve cover gaskets specifically for my car.
I went on a GM recall lookup website and the only thing that popped up after I entered my Vin was an air bag and a gas tank assembly being serviced in 2003.
Nothing pertaining to gaskets.
Anybody know if there actually is? I have it half way apart and if there is, having a dealer fix it may be a little more beneficial to my engine in the off chance there'* something wrong I can't see that they might.
Thanks.
Your Carguru source is probably referring to the upper intake manifold issues they had back then. There was never a recall for it, no matter how many cars had the same problem. That having been said, your issue sounds like a different issue. The issue above usually hydrolocked the engine, but didn't get coolant into the oil as you described. Your issue strikes me as a blown head gasket.
These engines didn't have too much trouble with head gaskets unless horribly abused and neglected . . . even while in police service.
What carfixer007 said ^^^^^^^ is probably correct unless you caught the problem right away.
These engines didn't have too much trouble with head gaskets unless horribly abused and neglected . . . even while in police service.
What carfixer007 said ^^^^^^^ is probably correct unless you caught the problem right away.
If this just recently happened, I highly suggest at LEAST 2 oil changes. If the engine shows no signs of knocking over the next month or so, consider yourself lucky.
There is a recall for the front valve cover leaking oil onto the exhaust manifold.
Probably just a TSB or something for the fuel pressure regulator that fails sometimes and will allow raw gas to enter the intake plenum and blow it to hell. There are a couple videos on YT that show that.
There is a recall for the front valve cover leaking oil onto the exhaust manifold.
Probably just a TSB or something for the fuel pressure regulator that fails sometimes and will allow raw gas to enter the intake plenum and blow it to hell. There are a couple videos on YT that show that.
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