Re: 3100/3400 intake gaskets

Brad Clarke wrote:

> You were right.
> I took it in this afternoon after I noticed white gunk on the
> underside of the oil filler cap.
> They confirmed it's leaking oil and coolant out the side of the intake
> manifold.

> It's going in Monday for the repair, and possibly a power steering
> rack as well

> Good thing it's still under warranty.

Hopefully, they check the head gaskets. We are finding a lot
of the 3.4 engines in the vans leaking coolant externally from
the head gaskets. I love it.....GM keeps me very busy with
gravy work.

Ian

Ian wrote; I love it, GM keeps me busy with gravy work..



Look's like we have a " gourmet " goodwrench in here !


LOL

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On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 00:16:25 GMT, "shiden_kai"
<violet_lightening_modified@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>Brad Clarke wrote:
>>
>>> You were right.
>>> I took it in this afternoon after I noticed white gunk on the
>>> underside of the oil filler cap.
>>> They confirmed it's leaking oil and coolant out the side of the intake
>>> manifold.
>>
>>> It's going in Monday for the repair, and possibly a power steering
>>> rack as well
>>
>>> Good thing it's still under warranty.
>>
>>Hopefully, they check the head gaskets. We are finding a lot
>>of the 3.4 engines in the vans leaking coolant externally from
>>the head gaskets.
This one is a 3.1. There are traces of leakage on both sides, as well
as towards the back.

>>I love it.....GM keeps me very busy with gravy work.
At least someone is benefitting from all this

Brad Clarke wrote:

> This one is a 3.1. There are traces of leakage on both sides, as well
> as towards the back.

Yeah, we've had some 3100 engines too leaking from the
head gaskets. It's a weird leak, just seems to ooze out of
the head gaskets along the outer edge.

>>> I love it.....GM keeps me very busy with gravy work.

> At least someone is benefiting from all this

Yes...though I suppose long term it could be bad if GM
doesn't fix their stuff. Of course, this has been happening for
as long as I've been in the trade. GM usually just gets an
engine or component all fixed up...then they drop it and move
on to something else.

Ian