1995 CHEVROLET LUMINA Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 CHEVROLET LUMINA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO OVERHEAT AND MUST CONSTANTLY APPLY ANTIFREEZE. THE VEHICLE HAS NO VISIBLE LEAKS AND WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT ANTIFREEZE LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 86,558.

INTAKE GASKETS LEAK. I JUST BOUGHT A CAR LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AGO, AND A FEW DAYS AGO, THE CAR STARTED HEATING UP, THE "HOT" LIGHT LIT UP, AND LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER RIGHT AWAY AND HAD TO PUT SOME WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID IN THE OVERFLOW BOTTLE SO I COULD GET SOMEWHERE, TO CALL SOMEONE. THEY BROUGHT ANTIFREEZE, AND WHEN WE WENT TO FILL THE RADIATOR, IT WAS ALREADY FULL. THINKING MAYBE IT WAS JUST A THERMOSTAT, WE REPLACED THAT, BUT IT KEPT DOING THE SAME THING, NEXT SUGGESTION WAS THERE AN AIR BUBBLE SOMEWHERE, SO THAT WAS BLED. STILL SAME PROBLEM. WENT TO CHECK THE OIL, ONLY TO FIND THAT THE ANTIFREEZE WAS DUMPING INTO THE OIL PAN. CALLED THE HEAD SHOP ONLY TO FIND THAT THIS MOTOR (3.1) IS KNOWN FOR THE INTAKE GASKETS GOING OUT ALL THE TIME. LOOKED FOR RECALLS, NOTHING LISTED...

VEHICLE STARTED OVERHEATING. REPLACED THEMOSTAT AND WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THE HEAD GASKETS WERE FAILING. TOOK VEHICLE TO CHEVROLET WHO RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND INFORMED ME THAT HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING. DEALER TOLD ME THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE IS COMMON IN THE 3.1 BUT FAILURE OF HEAD GASKETS ARE NOT AS COMMON. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH HEAD GASKETS AT A TOTAL COST OF OVER $900. I ASKED THE DEALER IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS AND HE REPLIED NO. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE SINCE THE TIME OF MY REPAIRS AND THEY TO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLES....OVERHEATING WITH ASSOCIATED HEAD GASKET FAILURE. AT THIS POINT I AM VERY DISPLEASE WITH GENERAL MOTORS INABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT A PROBLEM DOES EXIST WITH HEAD GASKET AND INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE ON THE 3.1 ENGINE. I HAVE FOUND THAT LOCAL MECHANICS ARE WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE...

THE VEHICLE THREW A ROD DESTROYING THE ENTIRE ENGINE. NLM

CAR WAS PURCHASED AT A DEALERSHIP. I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS A USED CAR AND I WANTED TO PURCHASE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT LET US. TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE THE TRANSMISSION BLEW. WE BOUGHT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FROM DEALERSHIP AND THEN THAT ONE FAILED. FINALLY, I COMPLAINED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND RECEIVED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS CAR HAS HAD A TOTAL OF 3 TRANSMISSIONS, NEW HEAD GASKETS AND NOW THE ENGINE FAILED. THE LOCKS ON PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE DO NOT WORK. THE CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED. I WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME IN ANY WAY DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE ON THE CAR. I KNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR CARS FOR AT LEAST 8 OR 10 YRS. AND STILL HAVE THE SAME ENGINE. I SUSPECT THE DEALERSHIP KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THIS CAR AND SOLD IT TO...

TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS READING HOT ENGINE, ,CONSUMER STARTED TO ADD COOLANT, AND THERE WAS NO VISABLE SIGNS OF LEAKING. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT, THEN, WITHIN MINUTES IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. MANIFOLD AND HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

GASKET FAILURE CAUSED ANTI-FREEZE TO MIX WITH ENGINE OIL AND DESTROY LUBRICATION TO BEARINGS CAUSING BREAKDOWN AND ENGINE KNOCK. ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED APPROXIMATE COST OF $4,000

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. NOTICED COOLANT LIGHT ON. PLACED COOLANT IN ENGINE AND LIGHT WENT OFF. WEEK LATER, LIGHT BACK ON. THIS PROCESS WAS REPEATED NUMEROUS TIMES. FINALLY TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED. NEXT DAY, MECHANIC INDICATED HEAD GASKETS HAD FAILED. MECHANIC CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER NOTHING COULD BE DONE DUE TO ALUMINUM PIECE HAD MELTED & VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. PART WAS REPAIRABLE. INFORMED ENGINE WAS NO GOOD AND DEFECTIVE IN BEGINNING, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALER NOTICED A HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN A ROD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO START VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. TOWED TRUCK TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON.

THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. THEY FLUSHED THE COOLANT AND FILLED IT. DROVE IT AGAIN, LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE BEGAN TO RUN HOT. TOOK IT TO DEALER AGAIN THERE WERE NO LEAKS. THEY DRAINED OUT THE OIL FROM ENGINE AND ANTIFREEZE ALSO CAME OUT. *AK *YC

A BRACKET WELD THAT HOLDS MOTOR MOUNT BROKE, CAUSING ENGINE TO FALL OF RIGHT SIDE . DEALER HAS REWELDED BRACKET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 TO 60MPH VEHICLE MADE A LOUD SNAPPING NOISE AND JERKED. THIS WAS DUE TO THE RIGHT MOTOR MOUNT BRACKET DROPPED THE MOTOR 3 TO 4 INCHES TO THE GROUND. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED TO GO UP AND DOWN. IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS ANTI-FREEZE IN THE OIL, A SEAL WAS REPLACED. BUT THAT HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. LOOKS LIKE I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THAT ENGINE, AND SHOWED THE SEAL WHICH WAS BAD. HE STATED THAT IT IS A BAD DESIGN. *AK

AFTER NOTICING ANTI-FREEZE ON DRIVEWAY, OWNER TOOK VEHICLE OVER TO DEALERSHIP AND FOUND THE ENGINE GASKET TO BE LEAKING. THE HEAD GASKET WAS FIXED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

ENGINE HAS HIGH TORQUE. AS A RESULT, IT IS EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. EVERY 1,000 MILES BURNS 1 QUART OF OIL. DEALER CONTACTED THREE TIMES, AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NOISE FROM VEHICLE RESULTING FROM FAILURE OF THE ENGINE MOUNTS AND REAR SWAR BAR/TOE BAR MOUNTS.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD, AND A ODOR WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. DEALER SAID THEY NEED TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS/ ENGINE VALVE COVERS AND " 0" RINGS, ETC. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION, ENGINE MOUNTS AND FUEL TANK FAILED CAUSING NOISE.

WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH NO WARNING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE VEHICLE MADE A FUNNY NOISE AND ENTIRE VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN, LEAVING NO POWER AT ALL IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE OIL SENSOR LIGHT, AND NOTICED THERE WAS WATER IN THE OIL. *AK

ENGINE OIL FILLER SPLASH GUARD FAILURE.

BRACKETS ON THREE CONNECTIONS ON MOTOR BROKE.

VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK HAD TO REPLACE ABOUT THREE TIMES. TT