What a slew of hillbilly fucktards! Yeeeaaahhh! Lets all get together and stand around a car while its engine blows...good times! Mother fuckers need lives seriously...just saying
Famous last words of a Red-Neck "We've done this before" "Hold my beer" "Hey guys, Watch this" , You say 'todays victim' Whats the deal, You do this as a service?
I was going to jump on the bandwagon and bash you but the engine did sound like it was on its last legs... so I cant.. ususlly thats one of the best engines ever and runs for a long time.. I know of the three 3800's weve owned the one that died the soonest had 238k miles on it.. and it was an accident it still ran
great job i just recently sold a 94 lesabre for 700 bucks and the warranty lasted to the end of my driveway-get what im saying -the guy that bought that pos from me acted like he was in a new caddy-good luck with that junker dude-hope you get home and dont have to call a wrecker to get you home-lol-them old gm cars last for ever-the one i unloaded had 260 thousand on odometer-wow
@super151985 yep u got that right those engines are strong, and no that guy will make it home and drive that car for more years. we have an 98 oldsmobile lss since it only had 20,000 miles about 11 years ago and now it passed to me and the engines is very powerful and its almost hitting 210,000. only did lower intake gasket set once since then, will need one soon though.
next time ya try to blow one up, if its auto, unbolt the module on the tranny "gear selector" w/e ya wanna call it. and manually put it in drive and leave it off the tranny, so the computer think its in drive, and the tranny is still set in park or neutral w/e ya want. no rev limiter...would blow up nicer ha:). 6k plus blow up vs w/e it was cuttin off at..4k r so...just saying ha.
you would have blown it up alot faster if the dude tryin to blow it wouldnt have floored it and just about 3/4 4 throttle.......helllooooo.....rev limiter......theyre made to not blow your car up.........
Dude haah cnt kill her u jus had to call it quits! I love mine in my impala ls! I have a vid of her on my channel. The damn thing looks like new! I fuckin baby that thing tho
@spoolinaround just to let you know i was joking to my previous statement... but anyways because everyones mentioning that you blew up a chevy and your a stupid red neck so on so forth
german cars are unreliable and you like rotors arguing make is pointless today unless its korean ive owned datsun audis bmws shitloads of fords a chev impala commodores(australian cars with buick v6s) and remain open to everything,i have nothing against rotors but the best ive ever seen is 250000kms from a rotor constantly maintained,ive seen a bmw on 450000M(only car with lifetime warranty on the timing chain)also check out the cash for clunkers bmw engine ran for 2 mins with liquid glass added
@560287144602817 i like rotors because theres no other engine even like it, its one of the most creative engines ever built. not the most reliable. and yeah, you can find any car that makes it long. even when 99% of a certain car fail at 100K, theres always gonna be a small percentage that lasts past 200K. and im american so im talking in fucking miles
@560287144602817 have you ever seen how many k's the australian ford 4.0L inline 6 does? and how much torque it puts out standard? its insane and soo reliable.
To all fucktards out there just look at a video w/ a V6 car with no muffler and all you hear is a deep tone with no rattle; there is a lot of rattling in this video. The rod knock is there. And if you paid attention to the little walk around he did the body was also rotted; that car was by no means salvagable. I love LeSabres too, but this particualar one has reached the end of it's useful life. Nothing is forever so just shut the fuck up & if you don't like the video, THAN DON"T WATCH IT!!!!
its fixable, 3800 series dont die unless u run it without oil, experienced it by accident in moms buick lesabre 01 engine lasted 5 minutes without oil but didnt relize it had no oil till it seized on the highway, all the oil leaked out and the oil pump was stuck closed :( all of the oil bursted through the oil filter. had 250,000 miles though!!!
@frosty9595 While I agree this is a good engine, there's no way you could get 2 million miles out of one. II've seen 1 million miles on many diesel engine, and a Ford E150 with a gasoline engine. But 2 million miles? I doubt it.
my dad had a 99 olds intrigue whit this engine the motor hydrolocked twice beaucause of the plastik plenum and after that we go for a trip and the motor star to overheating so we stop of the side of the road all the coolant boils out the oil pump get clough beaucause my dad forgot to clean the oil pan after the cars get hydrolock so the engine was screwded but the cars was start like a brand new even wiht a blown engine really tough
@5:10 he says 'I think she's pretty well locked up' while its turning over. Turning over means NOT locked up. Then they'r upset that it won't start after 4 minutes of bouncing off the rev limiter? Der! I bet the car was wine before these guys got to it.
look @ these guys trying so hard to destroy it. If thats a 97 that knocks than there is something definately wrong with this picture. Either it wasnt well maintained or you drove it hard to the ground. I have a 91 olds delta 88 (which is ready to go to the scrap yard because of all the rust) with the same engine with 254,000km and it fires up nicer and faster than my 03 monte carlo. I also floored that car numerous amount of times, and she still gives.
According to junkyard near me, any good 3800 is yanked before it gets to the back yard.
Checking the internet, some over 100,00 are more money than I would pay.
I bought a 95 T-bird engine at pick n pull for $189.00 with only 65,000 on it. it was for a 91 and I had to take some late model parts off. A very rare deal at any self service yard. The car was hit front and back and only been there a day or so.
such a deal. Pick n' Pull. bring a friend for security though.
this just goes to show the supioriority of a true gm legand the amazing 3800 seriesII, no pos vtec of bullshit like that woulda ran this long with a bad knock! these motors would run forever with regular car go gm!
More like 100 max look at the rust on the rocker panels, hell they was rusted off. depending if it was a series 1 or series 2 3800, would dertermine if it was good or not.
Does tell you something though, they started with bad rod knock, and no coolant, (probably linked, bet you the UIM gasket was just GONE) and it still took em that long to seize it. I'll bet you if they'd let it cool for half an hour it would have started again, too.
I love my Oldsmobile Intrigue 3800 seriesll. She's never let me down. In collage I traveled 1,000 miles per week so I changed my oil every month and serviced her often. She's gone through rain, sleet, snow, Lightning storms etc. Never gave up on me and shows no signs dying. I drive her hard and have never had a problem. 3800 series was the best V6 GM ever made. (except intake) Their other V6s don't come close. They should be shot for discontinuing them! Only good one GM made.
A comon problem with these engines (8th letter of the vin # is the letter 'K') they have a plastic upper intake plenum, when the coolant gets hot, it melts that plenum allowing water to get in the engine. Being water doesnt compress, it weakens the rods, and eventually shoots them through the block. Most likely this happened to this car. GM should have recalled the motor, but never did. The older 3800 had an aluminum plenum. Pontiac Boneville, and others had this same engine and problem too.
The shouldn't recall the engine, the engine are very reliable. They sholdve recalled the intake. I never heard of one shooten water out the block, usually it will Hydro Lock it. Which can be fixed rather easily. Remove the water,r replace intake with NEW style upper plenum.
it hurts to see this but shes not blown you blew her head gaskets first the rev limiter kept you from blowing and shes a good motor i hear no knock just a loud exhaust
Hmm.... Well I have tried running my truck which has a 24v Cummins motor in it at redline while in neutral and it still just goes up to the redline then purrs along without bouncing. Must be the difference between the limiters. I find that bouncing annoying. Like it's busted or something.
You can't kill those. Turbo-less Buick Grand National, a beast. The only I could have killed it would be go get it up to about 80 mph and then put it into first. Since I have a 92' Le Sabre, I say that it's no sportscar. But I get 30 MPG driving 70 Mph Everywhere.
My question though was why does it do that? On my Dodge RAM when floor it there isn't any "bouncing" off the rev limiter. It just goes to the redline and sits there smooth and steady as does most heavy equipment I have used.
The rev limiter is only in effect when in park or neutral, while your driving you can red line it all you want. But some cars have 2 rev limiters, one for when your in park or neutral, and another for when your driving. Heavy equipment wouldn't have one at all because it needs all the horsepower and torque it can get
diesel's cut fuel, well, limit fuel at max rpm. Petrol's cut the spark till the revs drop then turn it back on - so it bounces up and down around the redline.
I had a 1997 crown vic with the defective intake and I accidently did the same thing these guys did unintionally by running the car hot. That tells ford engines are a pice of cake to kill
well the 3800's are just hard to kill. Most GM engines are from the 90's back. GM/Ford/Chrysler--they're all great machines. We should be annihilating JapScrap not real cars anyways. =0)
@makaveli087 yeah! fuck them japs!! god damn nips need to go back to where they come fum!!! no japs in my neighbourhood!! only good ol american whites!!! fuck everyone from every other country!!!! yeee haw!!!! GM POWER@!!!!! WHITE POWER!!!!!
Mine lasted five minutes and twenty seconds before we decided the hole in the front of the engine was allowing too much oil out and was making a huge smokey mess. Very low on oil and coolant at the time. It drove itself onto the tow truck.
@electricshockproof Yeah, someone replied to my comment on this video, and while trying to figure out what I originally said, I saw your comment, which never showed up in my inbox.
@ActiveWorldsLunitic alot of Chrysler and dodge cars have below average reliability but if Chrysler wants to stay around much longer hopefully there 2011s are alot better.
I misread the article, it was mountede to a bell housing for 60 degree engines when the earlier 3800's were used for rear drive cars. It is a 90-degree; I stand corrected
Here is what you need to know about the Buick 3.8L (231ci) V6 and its related ones. First off, it is a 60 degree V6. Secondly, just to settle the arguments I have seen others have, the 4.3L (262ci) V6 is NOT related to the 3.8 in any way shape or form. The 4.3 is a 90 degree V6 that started in 1985. The GM engineers took the drawings for the Chevy 5.7L (350ci) V8 and omitted the 2 back cylinders and hence you got the 4.3L, so that settles that dispute.
. Most people are thinking of the 4.1L (252ci) V6 in which GM just added 0.165 (3.71mm) to the bore of the 3.8 And yes, there was also a 4.1L (250ci) V8 as well, but that was made by Cadillac exclusively for the 79-85 Eldorado
Suburbanator, The people who are saying that the GM 4.3-262 is the same block as 3.8 Buick don't even know the 4.1 Buick existed. They are too retarted.
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The 3.8 is NOT a Buick 350 minus two cylinders either. It was designed before the Buick 350 came to be. As others have stated.
Maybe the audio was poor, but I did not hear a rod knocking?? Sounded like a good engine with some cooling system problems and bad exhaust.
I have tried this before and most engines will run a long time with major lower end problems. Good luck on the destruction of the next one. Try draining all but one quart of oil next time that usually works. It gives enough lube to keep it from locking up and most of the time its all in the head. You can get a rod to throw for sure that way.
i had a 93 put 350,000 on it sold it dude put on 100,000 more on it and traded it in because of an oil leak they fixed leak and sold it adn guy traded it back in then they just junked it cause it had over 500,000 miles on it. damn things go forever. all frewway miles i think.
when a motor has to hold boost the con rods and bottom end were reinforced - I admit Im not an expert on the GM OHV v6s but that doesnt make sense to me
it depends on which 3.8 motor it is some are super charged so they reinforced the con rods or bottom end so they dont come apart from all the boost from the charger. the 4.3 are about as fast as the supercharged 3.8's they are also built up for the power and speed. i think there the same blocks maybe dont know for sure just bored over and reinforced 3.8 blocks. i think i dont rememeber for sure.
The 3.8 is 60 degree V6. The 4.3 is a 90 degree V6, and is basically a 350 small block missing 2 cylinders. Also, the GNX was powered by the 3.8, not 4.3
really so your telling me that if you stroke a 3.8 you wont have 4.3 liters of displacement, why dont you get YOUR facts straight, because the 3800 never was or ever will be a 60 degree engine, its a 90* dont tell me im wrong, i owned 4 of these cars. i also never said the gnx was powered by a 4.3. now the 3.8 i am refering to is the l26 and l36,l67 and l32. look it up
wtf are you talking about 3.8 are the same block as the 4.3. 4.3's are just bored over 3.8's learned it in gm school. i just couldnt remember for sure if i was right and another tech has verified my learnings. you cannot cut 2 cyclinders out of a v8 wont happen. they are molded solid.
thats what i meant lol my bad. i went to a votech certified by gm and the state of fl for auto tech 14 years ago. i do my own work on my cars its cheaper and all but i never can get anything straight. i know what i am talking about but nobody else does lol.
if you "learned" the 3.8 and the 4.3 are the same block in "gm school" try saying awake in class and pay attention to the instructor. the other tech that verified your learning was either too dumb to tie his own shoes or a ford tech, the 4.2 and 3.8 fords are the essentially the same
hmmm i think you should have dumb ass, piece of shit ford dont make a 4.2 they do however make a 3.8, 4.0 and a 4.6 and for staying awake. why dont you try speelling class yooouuus neeeeeddssss itttssss realllyyy baaad. and its a damn good thing we wenrt talkin about shitty fords in the first place. if it isnt a 76 or older its junk.
hey retard the 4.2 is a f150 v6 so if you are smart as you think you are you would as least look it up on the internet which you obviously have, but then again look at who I'm telling it to its amazing that you can read
the 4.3 is a chevy 350 with two cylinders missing and the 3.8 is a BUICK 350 with two cylinders missing and destoked from a 3.85" stroke to a 3.40". They did make 4.1 but that was from 81 to 83 only. the only thing that the 3.8 and 4.3 share in common is that are both v6's and they are made by GM and thats it!
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Crazcompart 4 days ago
by the waz the guy holding the cam must have been on some drugs or waz drunk lol
robthesaturnlover 6 days ago
fucking asshole blowing up a good moter when you cud have pulled it out and sold it
robthesaturnlover 6 days ago
What a slew of hillbilly fucktards! Yeeeaaahhh! Lets all get together and stand around a car while its engine blows...good times! Mother fuckers need lives seriously...just saying
923erok 2 weeks ago
davidsfarm??
hoagieman26 4 months ago
I love the people crying about this. Come on the car was dead quit whining because nobody wants a recycled buick engine :P
D13fledermause 4 months ago
Don't you guys just love your meth?
forku2umf 5 months ago
Idiots!!!!
Truckteacher 5 months ago
Famous last words of a Red-Neck "We've done this before" "Hold my beer" "Hey guys, Watch this" , You say 'todays victim' Whats the deal, You do this as a service?
seenalotabs 6 months ago
i f i was you i would drive it at the redline not in park
300exkx8597cobrasvt 6 months ago
I was going to jump on the bandwagon and bash you but the engine did sound like it was on its last legs... so I cant.. ususlly thats one of the best engines ever and runs for a long time.. I know of the three 3800's weve owned the one that died the soonest had 238k miles on it.. and it was an accident it still ran
metvelle 7 months ago
Those Buick 3800s are great engines. That's a shame.
VinylToVideo 7 months ago 4
that thing cammed? haha
noah371 8 months ago
You suck at filming.
loljessee 8 months ago
great job i just recently sold a 94 lesabre for 700 bucks and the warranty lasted to the end of my driveway-get what im saying -the guy that bought that pos from me acted like he was in a new caddy-good luck with that junker dude-hope you get home and dont have to call a wrecker to get you home-lol-them old gm cars last for ever-the one i unloaded had 260 thousand on odometer-wow
super151985 9 months ago
@super151985 yep u got that right those engines are strong, and no that guy will make it home and drive that car for more years. we have an 98 oldsmobile lss since it only had 20,000 miles about 11 years ago and now it passed to me and the engines is very powerful and its almost hitting 210,000. only did lower intake gasket set once since then, will need one soon though.
joselito1186 8 months ago
never shut off an overheating motor, it will seize up
CVRealMan 10 months ago
@CVRealMan so just let it overheat forever
intangibledc 9 months ago
@intangibledc no... run it until it blows, it had rod knock and as you said it was overheating, it would not have taken that long.
CVRealMan 9 months ago
its hard to kill those 3800s those engines are amazing last along time =D
Davidsfarmrulz 11 months ago
Its hard to kill a 3800 those are badass engines!!
Davidsfarmrulz 11 months ago
They probably make the same noises during sex (assuming it wasn't cattle). YEEEE HAW IM GIVIN ER
supramanz 11 months ago
next time ya try to blow one up, if its auto, unbolt the module on the tranny "gear selector" w/e ya wanna call it. and manually put it in drive and leave it off the tranny, so the computer think its in drive, and the tranny is still set in park or neutral w/e ya want. no rev limiter...would blow up nicer ha:). 6k plus blow up vs w/e it was cuttin off at..4k r so...just saying ha.
nicholskid04 11 months ago
you would have blown it up alot faster if the dude tryin to blow it wouldnt have floored it and just about 3/4 4 throttle.......helllooooo.....rev limiter......theyre made to not blow your car up.........
thatoneguyra 1 year ago
Dude haah cnt kill her u jus had to call it quits! I love mine in my impala ls! I have a vid of her on my channel. The damn thing looks like new! I fuckin baby that thing tho
HwkyPlrs 1 year ago
the dude in the car has tits
NJBuickGS 1 year ago
@0:34 Try it
TheRotaryman 1 year ago
why not take the oil out next time
emoboy52893 1 year ago
why not ake the oil out next time
emoboy52893 1 year ago
What the hell!?
Ddog2k3 1 year ago
i wanna beer and a front row seat next time, alright billy bob?
Texassince1836 1 year ago
Idiots.
WTC7WasPulled 1 year ago
i don't mind being called a red neck it's a badge of honor really but anyhow bet it was a ford in which brought it home >:D
NytrixOctane 1 year ago
@NytrixOctane nope.... Dodge 3500 cummins
spoolinaround 1 year ago
@spoolinaround man you guys are just looking to make enemy's aren't you
NytrixOctane 1 year ago 5
@NytrixOctane why is that?
spoolinaround 1 year ago
@spoolinaround just to let you know i was joking to my previous statement... but anyways because everyones mentioning that you blew up a chevy and your a stupid red neck so on so forth
NytrixOctane 1 year ago
you are very wimp!!!!!!!
paul8246 1 year ago
@paul8246 lolWUT?
KingOfTheClutch 1 year ago
This happens when yo don't go to school...
LaLoNaLgA001 1 year ago
this car probably had over 200000 miles on it... but it still did not need to end like this
BigXSmoke1 1 year ago
/watch?v=ufsf_-a_H9Q
Enzofromwb 1 year ago
Why not just replace the rod instead of killing it?
MasterNaruto1214 1 year ago
GM cars are not reliable as Japanese cars the best cars are the Germans these are Reliable
megangel5 1 year ago
@megangel5 you thnk german cars are reliable?
TheRotaryman 1 year ago
german cars are unreliable and you like rotors arguing make is pointless today unless its korean ive owned datsun audis bmws shitloads of fords a chev impala commodores(australian cars with buick v6s) and remain open to everything,i have nothing against rotors but the best ive ever seen is 250000kms from a rotor constantly maintained,ive seen a bmw on 450000M(only car with lifetime warranty on the timing chain)also check out the cash for clunkers bmw engine ran for 2 mins with liquid glass added
560287144602817 1 year ago
@560287144602817 i like rotors because theres no other engine even like it, its one of the most creative engines ever built. not the most reliable. and yeah, you can find any car that makes it long. even when 99% of a certain car fail at 100K, theres always gonna be a small percentage that lasts past 200K. and im american so im talking in fucking miles
TheRotaryman 1 year ago
@560287144602817 have you ever seen how many k's the australian ford 4.0L inline 6 does? and how much torque it puts out standard? its insane and soo reliable.
genderbenda04 1 year ago
Ha ha. You had to drain the anti freeze and cook the engine, because if you didn't that Buick would never die. Buick V6 is the toughest ever made.
Roadghost88 1 year ago
new air cooled engines?
SoLSamuraibloodblade 1 year ago
sounds like the harmonic balancer to me
will79601 1 year ago
your camerman sucks
sLAKYification 1 year ago 2
@sLAKYification Your spelling sucks.
BordLittleMonkey 1 year ago
@TheDavidpayne Yea there was that thing was knocking on death's door.
MrSponge1985 1 year ago
Good Riddance lol and no this would never be my carI take care of my nice 97 Mercury Mountaineer with AWD and a 5.0 V8!
MrSponge1985 1 year ago
need a better camera man
joelist82 1 year ago
@frosty9595 yeah there pretty damn tough u can run those fuckers on no oil for years lol
dragonsyth10 1 year ago
To all fucktards out there just look at a video w/ a V6 car with no muffler and all you hear is a deep tone with no rattle; there is a lot of rattling in this video. The rod knock is there. And if you paid attention to the little walk around he did the body was also rotted; that car was by no means salvagable. I love LeSabres too, but this particualar one has reached the end of it's useful life. Nothing is forever so just shut the fuck up & if you don't like the video, THAN DON"T WATCH IT!!!!
suburbanator91 1 year ago 2
@TheDavidpayne trust me it was there
spoolinaround 1 year ago
retarded
wilsmanpeterexcess 1 year ago
@wilsmanpeterexcess yup you sure are....
spoolinaround 1 year ago
That is so stupid. How can you do that to a car.
JonesSoda101 1 year ago
@JonesSoda101 because I can
spoolinaround 1 year ago
@spoolinaround so this is what a bunch of low life rednecks do for fun.
JonesSoda101 1 year ago
nice footage of the sky over the motor....
StonedOli 1 year ago
wat a waste of engine
solis81492 1 year ago 5
@solis81492 yup, it was fun too
spoolinaround 1 year ago
@solis81492 not at all, it had a bad knock. at the very minimum, it would need a crank and a new rod
adb140275 1 year ago
i would of just took it off roading
toxcicity93 1 year ago
Those 3.8's are bulletproof.
izzyyumnuls 1 year ago 3
Fucking red necks.
Jamerio3D 1 year ago 14
@Jamerio3D no we wern't fucking... we were blowing a car motor.
spoolinaround 1 year ago 21
@spoolinaround awesome!!
MMMMMDIESEL 1 year ago
@Jamerio3D fucking city slicker
blazinloud 1 year ago
its fixable, 3800 series dont die unless u run it without oil, experienced it by accident in moms buick lesabre 01 engine lasted 5 minutes without oil but didnt relize it had no oil till it seized on the highway, all the oil leaked out and the oil pump was stuck closed :( all of the oil bursted through the oil filter. had 250,000 miles though!!!
gradxg 1 year ago
@frosty9595 2 mill...i call bullshit!
s10on31s 1 year ago
@frosty9595 While I agree this is a good engine, there's no way you could get 2 million miles out of one. II've seen 1 million miles on many diesel engine, and a Ford E150 with a gasoline engine. But 2 million miles? I doubt it.
dragasoni 1 year ago
@frosty9595 i killed mine in my 86 olds... it only had 87k and it just quit. i was so pissed
noobydiablo 1 year ago
You guys are dumber than the average...
Lasselkv28 1 year ago
cant fuck with a buick 3.8!!!
chabbalato 1 year ago
lol, it wasn't locked up. if it was, it wouldn't be crankin'.
tlv156 1 year ago
3800 are cam blowers not rods
Wrechedsubst 1 year ago
my dad had a 99 olds intrigue whit this engine the motor hydrolocked twice beaucause of the plastik plenum and after that we go for a trip and the motor star to overheating so we stop of the side of the road all the coolant boils out the oil pump get clough beaucause my dad forgot to clean the oil pan after the cars get hydrolock so the engine was screwded but the cars was start like a brand new even wiht a blown engine really tough
estidecrissdemarde 1 year ago
that sounds like the 305 in my truck when i try to start it...
1987chevroletcaprice 1 year ago
@5:10 he says 'I think she's pretty well locked up' while its turning over. Turning over means NOT locked up. Then they'r upset that it won't start after 4 minutes of bouncing off the rev limiter? Der! I bet the car was wine before these guys got to it.
lincolnman1976 1 year ago
look @ these guys trying so hard to destroy it. If thats a 97 that knocks than there is something definately wrong with this picture. Either it wasnt well maintained or you drove it hard to the ground. I have a 91 olds delta 88 (which is ready to go to the scrap yard because of all the rust) with the same engine with 254,000km and it fires up nicer and faster than my 03 monte carlo. I also floored that car numerous amount of times, and she still gives.
istishhadi 2 years ago
According to junkyard near me, any good 3800 is yanked before it gets to the back yard.
Checking the internet, some over 100,00 are more money than I would pay.
I bought a 95 T-bird engine at pick n pull for $189.00 with only 65,000 on it. it was for a 91 and I had to take some late model parts off. A very rare deal at any self service yard. The car was hit front and back and only been there a day or so.
such a deal. Pick n' Pull. bring a friend for security though.
aleon1018 2 years ago
this just goes to show the supioriority of a true gm legand the amazing 3800 seriesII, no pos vtec of bullshit like that woulda ran this long with a bad knock! these motors would run forever with regular car go gm!
anarchysoldier90 2 years ago
yeah its like a monkey has the camera. you guys are just mean to kill a car that still ran good.
shikatema4 2 years ago
Ran good? Had a rod knock from the start. It would take 2 grand to fix an engine from a car worth 1000 max.
annihilator1100 2 years ago
More like 100 max look at the rust on the rocker panels, hell they was rusted off. depending if it was a series 1 or series 2 3800, would dertermine if it was good or not.
madmax2069 2 years ago
Dude at the beginning said 97, so Series 2.
Does tell you something though, they started with bad rod knock, and no coolant, (probably linked, bet you the UIM gasket was just GONE) and it still took em that long to seize it. I'll bet you if they'd let it cool for half an hour it would have started again, too.
daltonultra 2 years ago
You picked the wrong guy to hold the camera.
strummin67 2 years ago 39
I love my Oldsmobile Intrigue 3800 seriesll. She's never let me down. In collage I traveled 1,000 miles per week so I changed my oil every month and serviced her often. She's gone through rain, sleet, snow, Lightning storms etc. Never gave up on me and shows no signs dying. I drive her hard and have never had a problem. 3800 series was the best V6 GM ever made. (except intake) Their other V6s don't come close. They should be shot for discontinuing them! Only good one GM made.
88soulsurvivor 2 years ago
To bad, those gm 3.8ls were strong, hard to kill, reliable engines!
Motorfordtoyota 2 years ago
Loved seeing this video. Had te identical car and it gave me so many problems. Wish I could have done this but I needed some resale money.
scottm7635 2 years ago
did you ever have bad vibrations at higher speeds and steering shake?
TheRotaryman 2 years ago
go look at my atempt at it
mattpik2 2 years ago
A comon problem with these engines (8th letter of the vin # is the letter 'K') they have a plastic upper intake plenum, when the coolant gets hot, it melts that plenum allowing water to get in the engine. Being water doesnt compress, it weakens the rods, and eventually shoots them through the block. Most likely this happened to this car. GM should have recalled the motor, but never did. The older 3800 had an aluminum plenum. Pontiac Boneville, and others had this same engine and problem too.
hindsight80 2 years ago
The shouldn't recall the engine, the engine are very reliable. They sholdve recalled the intake. I never heard of one shooten water out the block, usually it will Hydro Lock it. Which can be fixed rather easily. Remove the water,r replace intake with NEW style upper plenum.
michaelpack1988 2 years ago
thats the 3800 for you i tihkn any other motor would of blew gone a while ago
johncrf150 2 years ago 4
Great video of the sky dumbass.
snakeii0 2 years ago 2
This is a great engine.
despotism444 2 years ago 2
i fliped my car and the hood and battrie went flying and the moter and trans are still good love the 3800
loooopygotgame 2 years ago 3
it hurts to see this but shes not blown you blew her head gaskets first the rev limiter kept you from blowing and shes a good motor i hear no knock just a loud exhaust
nicoli669 2 years ago 4
trust me the knock was there, you could hear it before I cut the catalytic converter off
spoolinaround 2 years ago
I've got that same car, '97 LeSabre as my workmobile. I love it.
ChopperCrank 2 years ago
I got $20 that says you cant fix the spun rod bearing in 10 minutes
spoolinaround 2 years ago
Im talking about getting it running again, Fixing the bearing would be interisting to watch someone try to fix it in 10 minuites.
frosty9595 2 years ago
Now y'all can keep it as a trophy on your front lawn.
MrMelinko 2 years ago
wow gettin kind of close
FU420B 2 years ago
wow id laft if it blew up and they died lol
ccrraaazzy 2 years ago
I've killed two of those motors in my 96' buick.
jkCieslak 2 years ago
Dan can't aim a camera well :(
SirRoxo 2 years ago 2
Hmm.... Well I have tried running my truck which has a 24v Cummins motor in it at redline while in neutral and it still just goes up to the redline then purrs along without bouncing. Must be the difference between the limiters. I find that bouncing annoying. Like it's busted or something.
kdw75 2 years ago
my 12V goes to 4100 and stays there, on diesels they just start cutting fuel back when they get to the speed the fuel rack is set at
spoolinaround 2 years ago
You can't kill those. Turbo-less Buick Grand National, a beast. The only I could have killed it would be go get it up to about 80 mph and then put it into first. Since I have a 92' Le Sabre, I say that it's no sportscar. But I get 30 MPG driving 70 Mph Everywhere.
mikeb1444 2 years ago
When you run them wide open why do they seem to rev up and down a little bit? When I am running my truck wide open it is nice and smooth.
kdw75 2 years ago
its got a rev limiter so its bouncing off of it
xS15S10x 2 years ago
My question though was why does it do that? On my Dodge RAM when floor it there isn't any "bouncing" off the rev limiter. It just goes to the redline and sits there smooth and steady as does most heavy equipment I have used.
kdw75 2 years ago
The rev limiter is only in effect when in park or neutral, while your driving you can red line it all you want. But some cars have 2 rev limiters, one for when your in park or neutral, and another for when your driving. Heavy equipment wouldn't have one at all because it needs all the horsepower and torque it can get
xS15S10x 2 years ago
diesel's cut fuel, well, limit fuel at max rpm. Petrol's cut the spark till the revs drop then turn it back on - so it bounces up and down around the redline.
05111605 2 years ago
Got to do better camera work, we could not see the "climatic" moment!
Koseiko2008 2 years ago
How much did the camera guy have to drink? my God hold the camera still!
mroberts2m4 2 years ago 4
thanks for showing cars hood in a most exiting moment...
vitali1985 2 years ago
sounds badass.
but mine sounds cooler. haha
killrwildcatman 2 years ago
Now ya gotta feed the motor to one of SSI's super shredder machines....That would be sweet :)
scott93257 2 years ago
Thats a GM 3800 it starts on fire before it blows!
TnTTyler 2 years ago 2
If you want to overheat an engine drive on the freway through it in neutral and redline it and watch the tachometer bounce up and down
1995bisquick 3 years ago
Not an easy engine to kill! I know, I've tried!
makaveli087 3 years ago
I had a 1997 crown vic with the defective intake and I accidently did the same thing these guys did unintionally by running the car hot. That tells ford engines are a pice of cake to kill
1995bisquick 3 years ago
well the 3800's are just hard to kill. Most GM engines are from the 90's back. GM/Ford/Chrysler--they're all great machines. We should be annihilating JapScrap not real cars anyways. =0)
makaveli087 3 years ago 9
u r my man!!
vitali1985 2 years ago 2
@makaveli087 yeah! fuck them japs!! god damn nips need to go back to where they come fum!!! no japs in my neighbourhood!! only good ol american whites!!! fuck everyone from every other country!!!! yeee haw!!!! GM POWER@!!!!! WHITE POWER!!!!!
chabbalato 1 year ago
I already did, it went 6 minutes
spoolinaround 3 years ago
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Ha Ha Ha. It wouldn't grenade or even lock up after reving w/o antifreeze for three minutes.
Next time, try a Chrysler.
tommylord 3 years ago
Hell, Chrysler engines would blow in the first 10 seconds!
ActiveWorldsLunitic 2 years ago 5
@ActiveWorldsLunitic
Mine lasted five minutes and twenty seconds before we decided the hole in the front of the engine was allowing too much oil out and was making a huge smokey mess. Very low on oil and coolant at the time. It drove itself onto the tow truck.
electricshockproof 2 years ago
@electricshockproof What were you doing it to, though? If it's anything made before '95, then i'm not surprised, their older cars were a lot better.
ActiveWorldsLunitic 1 year ago
@ActiveWorldsLunitic You really searched back a year?
electricshockproof 1 year ago
@electricshockproof Yeah, someone replied to my comment on this video, and while trying to figure out what I originally said, I saw your comment, which never showed up in my inbox.
ActiveWorldsLunitic 1 year ago
@ActiveWorldsLunitic alot of Chrysler and dodge cars have below average reliability but if Chrysler wants to stay around much longer hopefully there 2011s are alot better.
victoriadish 1 year ago
@victoriadish My grandma had a '01 PT Cruiser - biggest piece of shit ever made, it'd actually leave lines of antifreeze behind it when you'd drive.
ActiveWorldsLunitic 1 year ago
I misread the article, it was mountede to a bell housing for 60 degree engines when the earlier 3800's were used for rear drive cars. It is a 90-degree; I stand corrected
suburbanator91 3 years ago
I was surprised on this one because cosmetically the car looks fantastic...u sure it couldn't have been repaired?
rml695 3 years ago
Here is what you need to know about the Buick 3.8L (231ci) V6 and its related ones. First off, it is a 60 degree V6. Secondly, just to settle the arguments I have seen others have, the 4.3L (262ci) V6 is NOT related to the 3.8 in any way shape or form. The 4.3 is a 90 degree V6 that started in 1985. The GM engineers took the drawings for the Chevy 5.7L (350ci) V8 and omitted the 2 back cylinders and hence you got the 4.3L, so that settles that dispute.
suburbanator91 3 years ago
. Most people are thinking of the 4.1L (252ci) V6 in which GM just added 0.165 (3.71mm) to the bore of the 3.8 And yes, there was also a 4.1L (250ci) V8 as well, but that was made by Cadillac exclusively for the 79-85 Eldorado
suburbanator91 3 years ago
Suburbanator, The people who are saying that the GM 4.3-262 is the same block as 3.8 Buick don't even know the 4.1 Buick existed. They are too retarted.
seeyou-mirrors
The 3.8 is NOT a Buick 350 minus two cylinders either. It was designed before the Buick 350 came to be. As others have stated.
tommylord 3 years ago
I think someone got confused with the 4.3 V6 and the Chevy 350 V8.
makaveli087 3 years ago
its a GM u cant blow the motor
PWR27 3 years ago 2
Maybe the audio was poor, but I did not hear a rod knocking?? Sounded like a good engine with some cooling system problems and bad exhaust.
I have tried this before and most engines will run a long time with major lower end problems. Good luck on the destruction of the next one. Try draining all but one quart of oil next time that usually works. It gives enough lube to keep it from locking up and most of the time its all in the head. You can get a rod to throw for sure that way.
trappy77 3 years ago
i wrecked my 92 buick and drove for around 6 miles with no oil or radiator.
savagexhaley14 3 years ago
i had a 93 put 350,000 on it sold it dude put on 100,000 more on it and traded it in because of an oil leak they fixed leak and sold it adn guy traded it back in then they just junked it cause it had over 500,000 miles on it. damn things go forever. all frewway miles i think.
mysubsbang 3 years ago
why do you usean extinguisher if your tring to blow it up?
if it doesnt start at least blow the starter....maybe throw some firecrackers in the engine
chevelletrixter72 3 years ago
no put bleach in it
mysubsbang 3 years ago
its a beast
NYTitansFan10 3 years ago
that is a stupid comment. The GM 3800 is by far the strongest v6 motor made by gm. Look at the vid took that long to blow.
kcjackass2k3 3 years ago
when you've still got oil, and coolant with the 4,500rpm Neutral/park rev limiter. yeah - it will last a while.
if its the strongest V6 they made, explain the 4.3 Turbo in the GNX, Typhoon, and Cyclone.
Camper1234599 3 years ago
3.8 is the strongest 4.3 is just the fastest.
mysubsbang 3 years ago
when a motor has to hold boost the con rods and bottom end were reinforced - I admit Im not an expert on the GM OHV v6s but that doesnt make sense to me
Camper1234599 3 years ago
it depends on which 3.8 motor it is some are super charged so they reinforced the con rods or bottom end so they dont come apart from all the boost from the charger. the 4.3 are about as fast as the supercharged 3.8's they are also built up for the power and speed. i think there the same blocks maybe dont know for sure just bored over and reinforced 3.8 blocks. i think i dont rememeber for sure.
mysubsbang 3 years ago
the 4.3 is basically a stroked 3.8
hondabigredatc 3 years ago
You all need to get your GM V6 facts straight.
The 4.3 has nothing in common with the 3.8 V6.
The 3.8 is 60 degree V6. The 4.3 is a 90 degree V6, and is basically a 350 small block missing 2 cylinders. Also, the GNX was powered by the 3.8, not 4.3
BADEFXLS1 3 years ago
really so your telling me that if you stroke a 3.8 you wont have 4.3 liters of displacement, why dont you get YOUR facts straight, because the 3800 never was or ever will be a 60 degree engine, its a 90* dont tell me im wrong, i owned 4 of these cars. i also never said the gnx was powered by a 4.3. now the 3.8 i am refering to is the l26 and l36,l67 and l32. look it up
hondabigredatc 3 years ago
wtf are you talking about 3.8 are the same block as the 4.3. 4.3's are just bored over 3.8's learned it in gm school. i just couldnt remember for sure if i was right and another tech has verified my learnings. you cannot cut 2 cyclinders out of a v8 wont happen. they are molded solid.
mysubsbang 3 years ago
yes they are both the same block, but i dont belive its bored over, the block is too thin for that, im pretty sure its stroked
hondabigredatc 3 years ago
thats what i meant lol my bad. i went to a votech certified by gm and the state of fl for auto tech 14 years ago. i do my own work on my cars its cheaper and all but i never can get anything straight. i know what i am talking about but nobody else does lol.
mysubsbang 3 years ago
if you "learned" the 3.8 and the 4.3 are the same block in "gm school" try saying awake in class and pay attention to the instructor. the other tech that verified your learning was either too dumb to tie his own shoes or a ford tech, the 4.2 and 3.8 fords are the essentially the same
seeyouinmymirrors 3 years ago
hmmm i think you should have dumb ass, piece of shit ford dont make a 4.2 they do however make a 3.8, 4.0 and a 4.6 and for staying awake. why dont you try speelling class yooouuus neeeeeddssss itttssss realllyyy baaad. and its a damn good thing we wenrt talkin about shitty fords in the first place. if it isnt a 76 or older its junk.
mysubsbang 3 years ago
hey retard the 4.2 is a f150 v6 so if you are smart as you think you are you would as least look it up on the internet which you obviously have, but then again look at who I'm telling it to its amazing that you can read
seeyouinmymirrors 3 years ago
thats what i thought gm had said lol.
mysubsbang 3 years ago
the 4.3 is a chevy 350 with two cylinders missing and the 3.8 is a BUICK 350 with two cylinders missing and destoked from a 3.85" stroke to a 3.40". They did make 4.1 but that was from 81 to 83 only. the only thing that the 3.8 and 4.3 share in common is that are both v6's and they are made by GM and thats it!
seeyouinmymirrors 3 years ago