That lady was super chill. She understood that something was wrong but kept her wits about her and parked the car quickly till she called Matthew. Those Buicks are NOT known for headgaskets so i wasn't surprised when it came back negative. I can't wait to see the followup video on her car.
the key is being present in anything you do in life..thats where matt is great...u never really see him looking arounf, distracted or taking other calls...onbviously its edited but he is a present dude from what it seems..this can help many others in life...life is a lesson and testament...a healthy society has other beings as guides to the right way.....good work sir
Please keep up the good work on the videos. They are not only entertaining but also informative. Im building a mobile mechanic buisness myself and I love your content.
Those have that famous plastic coolant elbow leak...and the Dorman metal replacement. I havent owned 1 since 2003 and it was a 1988 Oldsmobile eighty eight. Had a 3800. The original fuel injected 3.8 L non turbo naturally aspirated.
Gosh i wish we had mobile mechanics in my area! I will say my mechanic has been good to me! Just got a tune up after intermittent flashing engine light, cylinder 1 misfire. Car seems to be running much better! But i noticed when i start it it has a chemical smell, no overheating, no visible leaks. My Dad said it is common smell on some cars at start. I will keep an eye on it though
It's a GM 3800 notoriously Toyota style reliability. But when she said she put K seal in it my Jaw dropped. Ugggg. Nooooo. Fix the source of the issue and flush that entire system immediately. Any sealants block up engine passages and cylinder head coolant ports. That can haunt the engine forever...
My dad was caught town with his 3.8 litre Buick L36 powered Holden VX Commodore when the radiator basically dropped its guts about a decade ago & since we live about 11 kilometres (a bit over 6 miles) out of town he was forced to drive it to one of the least desirable mechanics over here in Australia - Steve. He's a Parker whose workshop is now closed so now he's a mobile mechanic,him or his son sheared of the 6 millimetre screws which held the radiator fan onto the radiator & on a brand new radiator. That's probably why his workshop is closed now,his son took to one of the sway bar Link rods with a hammer & snapped it because it was kind of spot welded onto the Link rod ball joint. They didn't do a pink slip for my car for an annual registration inspection in 2013 so I took it somewhere else !
Those 3.8 Buick engines have a very unique and unmistakable smell in the cooling system when they blow a head gasket, smells like a burnt turd. I could pop that cap, take one sniff and tell you if the thing was cooked or not
You need to stop stopping your videos in the middle of explaining what was wrong. We need closure whenever we watch these videos. So make sure to explain exactly what was wrong and then say something like so thats all folks, before ending the video.
Years ago Pontiac feiero slam hot then drop back to normal.Went to doing a head gasket and had a broke head bolt Some how..Replaced gasket and new bolts and sent it on down road.. ❤
I'd like to be able to work and do stuff like this helping people out. Thanks for doing your job, I hope that the people you help understand nothing is free. In the past some people didn't want to pay a dime
that poor 3.8 series 3. i have a 2004 series 2 3.8. that thing is still going strong. just had to replace a radiator on mine due to over heating in the summer sitting in traffic, the dex coolant clogged up the radiator super super bad. swapped out the dex cool to conventional green coolant. shes running nice and cool now.
Hey bro I have a leak I think from oil pan I put stop leak in it it only drops one drop every 2 hours do u even consider that a leak do I really need to get it fixed?
Lower intake manifold gaskets and radiator and water pump 98% chance they bad lol. And oil pan gaskets and all engine mounts lol and the oil cooler can develope blockages and leak internal and external. Oil cooler hoses occasionally form large sediment blockages and stop flow.
I'm a rotary guy, and but I'm no mechanic I just kinda do stuff and I'm learning a lot, anyways, would that device you use to check for headgasket leak be effective for testing for inner coolant seal leak? I guess I could maybe just do a compression test but I would like to have that type of tool in the arsenal.
I had a customer one time, the lady I worked with put the wrong oil filter on the customer's car. We called the lady and said don't drive the car we are sending a tow truck and the customer instead of pulling over literally romped on the engine while I was on the phone with her pretty sure it shot the filter off. I was like welp I guess that's one way to get a free engine. My point is good on her for pulling over when she saw the light. Btw the car that was blown up had 280k miles on it.
The radiator, those plastic elbows and lower intake gaskets are weak points on these 3.8 engines. They make problem solver intake gaskets with aluminum plate with rubber around the intake ports and they also make replacement aluminum elbows that dont crack as easy. The 3800 series 2 is a great engine, my wife ran them as a rural mail carrier for 7 years and in that time we've owned 5 buick lesabre's with the 3.8 and only 1 ever ran hot enough to damage the head gasket. GM used the 3800 in many differnt vehicles and platforms over the years. I dont know why they quit making it.
I believe these engines are based on the Australian made Holden commodores. Which stop manufacturing few years ago. Due to incompetence of how gm ran Holden and dwindling market share. And also fuel prices. No wanted 6 cyclinder engine as a family car.
Get a cheap IR thermometer, can check temp of hoses or rad and see if ect is off or by checking different sections of coolant you can tell if a thermostat is stuck closed or if there is a blockage in radiator or if wp is crapped out
Got a 2015 ford taurus get a warning light that says low engine oil pressure after an oil change plus the actuators are going out or is out can you help
@@JamesAnderson-fw5ew Thats whats up, that thing is going to fly lol! I got a mostly stock 8th gen. Good ol k20z3. They're great motors, just have to rev them high all the time and the rev hang is bad too. Gotta get a flashpro soon lol. It had over 200k so far and still seems brand new. When it finally does decide to crap out on me I'm gonna do the k24/k20 swap.
@@kikicoot thats awesome! Ive always wanted an fa5 but they are so hard to find in good condition and the prices have gone up. I would recommend you supercharge it. It costs a pretty penny but Ive heard they drive amazing.
If its a oil burner out of warranty dont buy it luckily my sisters had extreme oil consumption 1 quart at every gas fill up got warrantied at 69000 miles she bought it new so had 100k warranty
U putting an astronaut? Wait until u find out that space aint even what they say it is. And earth ain't a ball, it is snd it isn't. The earth is a flat realm but the there is a field of magnetism that makes all the luminaries revolve around the earth.
Nope. 3.8 one of the best engines ever built. First year's of dexcool coolant reacted with gaskets. If they weren't replaced or coolant changed there were some problems. Just look up gm 3.8's. Or just look up grand nationals and learn how great these motors were. Unless you're talking about other car manufacturers 3.8's. Because ford and I think Chrysler also made 3.8l v6's
