I changed myself the oil seal in question cause the car was smelling burned
oil and was making smoke. From what I know from my mechanical skills , It
may be due to a bad lot of production seals, cause the one I bought for
replacement was not the same color and look, I supose from another maker.
"80 Knight" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> From what I have been reading on various websites, there is no
difference
> at all. I would assume that the Grand Prix's have had more fires then
the
> Bonneville's (possibly because GM built many more Grand Prix's then they
> did Bonneville's), so GM cheated people out and only applied the recall
to
> Grand Prix's, and only did the same with the Regal because it is built
on
> the same platform.
>
> "David Courtney" <advance@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> I know, I didn't make too much sense to me either, but I figured
there
>> must be a different exhaust manifold or heat ****eld or something on
these
>> two models... which creates a fire risk that the others don't, even
when
>> they leak?
>>
>>
>> "80 Knight" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:KrKdnSgaq9ujHWnanZ2dnUVZ_oSunZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> "David Courtney" <advance@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:uaCdnQBHT-W9QW7anZ2dnUVZ_oesnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> "GM has issued a recall for the 1997-2003 Buick Regal GS and the
>>>> Pontiac Grand Prix GTP from the same model years, not surprisingly
for
>>>> the same problem: a potential oil leak."
>>>
>>> I know this. What I am asking is with this being something like an
oil
>>> leak, why are only the Grand Prix's and Regal's being recalled? I
>>> realize they are built on the same platform, but several other models
>>> have the 3.8 supercharged engine. Pontiac Bonneville's, Buick
>>> LeSabre's, IIRC, some Chevy Monte Carlo's, and even some Chevy
Impala's.
>>> As far as I know, nothing much changed with the Series II supercharged
>>> engine from 1995-2003, other then the superchargers, which were
upgraded
>>> a couple of times. I did call Pontiac, and was told that, as you say,
>>> only the Grand Prix and Regal were recalled, but it doesn't make much
>>> sense to me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> "80 Knight" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>> news:8tSdnfJHg-s-SG7anZ2dnUVZ_ruqnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> "socalvibe" <pavey.mark@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this just for the Grand Prix's? What about all the other models
>>>>>> with the
>>>>>> 3.8 supercharged? Are they not effected?- Hide quoted text -
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regals equipped with the same engine are also affected.
>>>>>
>>>>> So anyone owning a Bonneville, LaSabre, (with the 3.8 supercharged)
>>>>> and the like don't need to worry?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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