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Did Buick make a 3.1L V6 for 2002 LeSabre?
Good morning, We're searching for a first car for my daughter and stumbled on a 2002 LeSabre Ltd. with 50k miles. Surprisingly, for a teenager, she likes it, so I've looked for reviews, recalls, etc., and can only find them for a 3.8L for the LeSabre. Have I missed something? Might the seller have switched engines? If so, wouldn't there be ramifications to its performance, or fittings? I'd really appreciate some advice about this potential purchase. Thank you.
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Did Buick make a 3.1L V6 for 2002 LeSabre?
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Did Buick make a 3.1L V6 for 2002 LeSabre?
On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 10:18:01 AM UTC-7, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
> wrote: > > Good morning, We're searching for a first car for my daughter and stumbled on a 2002 > > LeSabre Ltd. with 50k miles. Surprisingly, for a teenager, she likes it, so I've > > looked for reviews, recalls, etc., and can only find them for a 3.8L for the LeSabre. > > Have I missed something? Might the seller have switched engines? If so, wouldn't there > > be ramifications to its performance, or fittings? I'd really appreciate some advice > > about this potential purchase. Thank you. > > OK car if you don't mind the low gas mileage. > Big and hard to maneuver. > The 3.3-3.8 was probably the best GM V-6 ever made however it did have > a major problem with coolant leaking into the intake manifold > which eventually destroys the engine. > Do a Google search for: > gm 3.8, intake manifold leak > > Unlikely the engines were switched. It would not be worth the > thousands of $$$ not including engine and trans and hundreds of work hours > to get it to work. > Besides, you can easily tell by looking at it. The 60 degree 3.1 looks way > different than the 90 degree 3.8. Thank you. I'll look under the hood this time. The seller repeatedly said it was a 3.1 and since I hadn't researched larger sedans prior to seeing it I was uninformed. |
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Did Buick make a 3.1L V6 for 2002 LeSabre?
On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 11:15:42 AM UTC-7, Steve W. wrote:
> wrote: > > Good morning, We're searching for a first car for my daughter and > > stumbled on a 2002 LeSabre Ltd. with 50k miles. Surprisingly, for a > > teenager, she likes it, so I've looked for reviews, recalls, etc., > > and can only find them for a 3.8L for the LeSabre. Have I missed > > something? Might the seller have switched engines? If so, wouldn't > > there be ramifications to its performance, or fittings? I'd really > > appreciate some advice about this potential purchase. Thank you. > > If it's a 2002 LeSabre they only came with the 3.8 V6. > > The Buick Century in 2002 had a 3.1 Thank you. I've a call in to see if perhaps he meant to say 3.8. |
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Did Buick make a 3.1L V6 for 2002 LeSabre?
On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 9:29:47 AM UTC-7, Retired wrote:
> On 8/30/15 11:56 AM, squid wrote: > > Good morning, We're searching for a first car for my daughter and > > stumbled on a 2002 LeSabre Ltd. with 50k miles. Surprisingly, for > > a teenager, she likes it, so I've looked for reviews, recalls, > > etc., and can only find them for a 3.8L for the LeSabre. Have I > > missed something? Might the seller have switched engines? If so, > > wouldn't there be ramifications to its performance, or fittings? > > I'd really appreciate some advice about this potential purchase. > > Thank you. > > > > > What makes you think it's a 3.1 ? > > According to Edmunds website, only a 3.8 was offered in 2002 > > http://www.edmunds.com/buick/lesabre...eatures-specs/ > > According to info at Wikipedia, Buick may never have offered a 3.1 > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_V6_engine#Series_II That's what the seller said but I didn't think to look under the hood at that time. Thank you. |
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Did Buick make a 3.1L V6 for 2002 LeSabre?
Really appreciate the assistance. Heard back from the seller who retracted the 3.1 to say it was indeed a 3.8. Now that that is straightened out it seems like it could be a safe and dependable car for my girl.
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Did Buick make a 3.1L V6 for 2002 LeSabre?
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squid > wrote: >Really appreciate the assistance. Heard back from the seller who retracted the 3.1 to say it was indeed a 3.8. Now that that is straightened out it seems like it could be a safe and dependable car for my girl. Just to let you know: there is only one reason why teenagers are willing to drive enormous boats like this. It's because there is plenty of room in the back seat for making out. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Did Buick make a 3.1L V6 for 2002 LeSabre?
On 08/31/2015 08:50 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article >, > squid > wrote: >>Really appreciate the assistance. Heard back from the seller who retracted the 3.1 to say it was indeed a 3.8. Now that that is straightened out it seems like it could be a safe and dependable car for my girl. > > Just to let you know: there is only one reason why teenagers are willing to > drive enormous boats like this. It's because there is plenty of room in > the back seat for making out. No, it's because somebody else was willing to pay for it. A large underpowered low-status car is the perfect first car for a kid. -- Cheers, Bev A man's got to know his limitations. It's a woman's duty to make sure of this. |
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