3800 L36 help!

[imported_Ron Vogel]

I'm helping out my mother in law's new husband with this. He had a low coolant problem, so we rolled it in my garage. I topped it off then ran it it was setting a MIL, so I hooked up the A-tap and we got a misfire on cyl 2. Turned off the car, pulled the plug, it was soaked with coolant. I thought bad head/bad head gasket, but the car hydrolocked and wouldn't turn. I pulled off the f-duct and low and behold, water poured out. With him running low on coolant, the level never got high enough to leak there until we topped it off. At the dealership I was told the upper manifold will disenegrate at the TB seal and it would more than likely need to be replaced. Is this as common a problem as the guy's describing? He seemed pretty sincere about it happening a lot. And is it difficult to find a used one? The dealer price is $300 for the part, $40 for the gaskets. TIA

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[Fish]

Are you talking about the seal from the plenum to the TB?? If so, they are known to warp. Mine is kinda warped, but its not that bad. Here is a link for an updated L36 plenum. I would look into that if it needs to be replaced. HTH.

 

[98 TGP TOY]

Yea, its a pretty common problem. You can usually find the upgraded one on ebay also.

 

[malaka]

I've got the upper intake off of my old motor, and never had that problem. I don't know how much they go for, so just make an offer.

 

[imported_Ron Vogel]

I don't have any clue either. Since the new one is $129, how about $70? BTW, how many miles on it?

 

[malaka]

It's got 40,000 miles on it, so how bout $50. Just let me know.

 

[imported_Ron Vogel]

Sounds Good, I can pick it up. Just need to know when/where.

 

[Fish]

Glad to see you got it taken care of.

 

[malaka]

Originally posted by Ron Vogel@Mar 9 2004, 07:46 PM
Sounds Good, I can pick it up. Just need to know when/where.

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