I got the "real" recall letter today... which says that "These vehicles
have higher front rocker cover gasket temperatures, creating the potential
for earlier degradation of the front rocker cover gasket and eventual oil
seepage."
It also says the new rocker cover gasket has an "improved design" and
that they will replace the spark plug wire channel with "new retainers".
So, you might want to get the new plug wire retainers done, even
though
you already replaced the gasket... you can also make a claim to get
reimbursed for the gasket repair, if you want.
"Sylvain.C" <s_chenier67@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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.
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> "80 Knight" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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]
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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]
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>>>> "David Courtney" <advance@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> "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]
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>>>>>> "socalvibe" <pavey.mark@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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 -
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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