<cuhulin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> My keyboard made a typo, on top of the engine it says 3800 Series II.The
> car is a Royale model.By plenum, do you mean the housing that contains
> the air filter unit?
No, that is not the unit I am talking about, cuhulin. GM used a plastic
"manifold"
in this series, and it has a heat riser going through it. These things
deteriorate, and
may fail without any notice. They often set a code indicating
multicylinder
misfire,
and may fill the cylinder with water, just like a blown head gasket or
cracked
head. Concensus is that these things fail sooner or later. Cure is to
open
the engine
up, clean out the water if need be, install a new aftermarket plenum
(improved), and
button her back up. Costs $350-$700, or in that range.
Be sure you have a charged battery, turn on the lights, and then try to
start
the car...
If you see a strong dimming effect, then the battery is pu****ng current to
the
starter, but the starter is not turning. Could be a number of things,
including
hydraulic lock of the engine. But you should really be able to HEAR this.
If no dimming effect, then you may have a bad connection (high resistance)
somewhere in the starter circuit, a bad solenoid maybe, or a bad/open
starter.
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