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Originally Posted by Cinnamint
it was a response to CapedCadaver
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i wasn't referring to the car's quality, i meant the fact that the spark plugs are hidden under the exhaust manifolds, in a place where you can't put much body weight on the ratchet to get them out. But i guess all pushrod V-engines are like that, whereas on ours, they go into the valley (of course, that being carb'd, you have a big circular air cleaner in the way of the valley).
My point was, if you're complaining about the servicieability of the 3rd gen (which is, compared to alot of other cars i've done work on, including a 4th gen, pretty damn easy to service) then you don't wanna mess with the Olds. Heck you can't even unhook the a/t cooler lines without a highly-offset flare nut wrench of some sort!
but brian's def right about low mileage causing problems. The is the biggest piece of crap in the world NOW, but i'm sure if it'd been taken care of, it wouldn't be. it uses 1gal of ATF per 30 miles due to a leaking flare fitting. gets 15mpg highway before the leak started. lopes at idle but sure as hell isn't cammed. stalls just for kicks..
if all i had to do to fix it was replace 2 fuel injectors i'd be as happy as a pig in mud.