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ABlockOfCheese:
--- Quote from: XR-7 on November 03, 2015, 10:03:55 PM ---2000 Buick LeSabre Custom with a 3.8L Series II 3800 V6
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You should check to make sure all your spark plugs are getting a good solid spark to them. If not, you may need new plugs, and/or wires, and/or coil packs. Another possible problem could be the throttle position sensor, but I doubt it's that. Also, if it's convenient when checking the spark plugs, you may also want to check and make sure no coolant is leaking inside your intake manifold. Those are all common issues with the 3800 series II. Now by common I don't mean that the engine is junk. They are actually one of the most reliable engines ever built for passenger car use.
XR-7:
--- Quote from: ABlockOfCheese on November 03, 2015, 10:10:37 PM ---You should check to make sure all your spark plugs are getting a good solid spark to them. If not, you may need new plugs, and/or wires, and/or coil packs. Another possible problem could be the throttle position sensor, but I doubt it's that. Also, if it's convenient when checking the spark plugs, you may also want to check and make sure no coolant is leaking inside your intake manifold. Those are all common issues with the 3800 series II. Now by common I don't mean that the engine is junk. They are actually one of the most reliable engines ever built for passenger car use.
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Yeah I originally took up the car from my uncle because of the good engine. The TPS has been replaced twice (first one was faulty) and it currently has a used one from a Grand Prix in it right now. I've already considered coil packs, but I took it to a mechanic and they didn't seem to notice any issues with them. Spark plugs, I haven't tried those yet. Worth consideration.
ABlockOfCheese:
--- Quote from: XR-7 on November 03, 2015, 10:39:15 PM ---Yeah I originally took up the car from my uncle because of the good engine. The TPS has been replaced twice (first one was faulty) and it currently has a used one from a Grand Prix in it right now. I've already considered coil packs, but I took it to a mechanic and they didn't seem to notice any issues with them. Spark plugs, I haven't tried those yet. Worth consideration.
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just remember the coolant-in-intake thing. That more than likely is not happening but you know just to be safe
$trinick:
--- Quote from: Foxscotch on October 31, 2015, 12:11:22 AM ---ok I've been meaning to ask this for a while but kept forgetting
let's say you're driving along the road a little over the speed limit. in your area this is a relatively normal margin, but it could be said that you're pushing it a bit
then, you see a cop!
do you slow down or keep going at the same speed?
if you slow down, that's sorta an admission that you knew you were in the wrong. so the cop might feel like that is a good reason to pull you over
or... if you don't slow down, what if they think you're being roostery, and pull you over cus they got mad?
what do u do????
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Take your foot off the gas and let the car slow itself down a little without hitting your brakes. In my car the engine load is pretty heavy so it slows down pretty quick, and in the Prius I drive to work there's an engine braking gear that I'll pop it into that acts like light braking but doesn't light up your tail lights.
XR-7:
--- Quote from: ABlockOfCheese on November 03, 2015, 10:43:30 PM ---just remember the coolant-in-intake thing. That more than likely is not happening but you know just to be safe
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My coolant was extremely low recently, like literally so low that it barely covered the bottom of the container. I filled it back up but I haven't noticed any sort of decrease in the level, so it probably isn't a leak.