Pontiac 3 8 Series 2 Engine Diagram
The 3800 first appeared in 1988.
Pontiac 3 8 series 2 engine diagram. Pontiac 3 8l v6 on top of intake 3 vacuum lines converge on a plastic inlet can you tell me what the tech name for this part and is it a easy find my daughters car is in my driveway and my new truck is gone to work with her please help so i can stop worrying. This video shows the steps i did to replace the upper intake manifold air plenum on my 2001 monte carlo ss 3 8l 3800 series ii engine. It is virtually the same as the fwd buick 3 8 with the exception of having the oil pump located in the timing cover and used dis instead of a distributor. The 3 8l block was updated with a one piece rear seal in 90.
I own a 1998 pontiac grand prix gtp 2 door. The buick v6 popularly referred to as the 3800 originally 198 cu in 3 2 l and initially marketed as fireball at its introduction in 1962 was a large v6 engine used by general motors the block is made of cast iron and all use two valve per cylinder iron heads actuated by pushrods the engine originally designed and manufactured in the united states was also produced in later versions in. It has the following mods. Gm recalled 1 4 million cars with its 3800 model v6 engines.
In this video i ll go over the firing order and cylinder identification on a gm 3 8l series 2 v 6. Lq4 maf northstar tb ported gen 3 m90 stage 2 zzp intercooler ported lower intake zzp xpz cam tog headers slp. If you find misfire codes for any of these paired cylinders you can be sure the problem is a bad ignition coil and not something else such as lean misfire caused by a bad fuel injector vacuum leak or egr leak or compression misfire due to leaky or sticky valves. Not only this but i also go over wire routing which is very important when doing a tune up.
The three ignition coils on the 3800 engine fire cylinders 6 and 3 2 and 5 and 1 and 4. First a little 3800 info. This is less than 6 percent of the 25 million examples of the v6 installed in gm vehicles between 1975 and 2008. The buick regal was the only application for this engine in 90 but the new ev 6 motor was used for all the fwd cars and vans including the lumina apv pontiac transport and olds silouette from 91 through 92.
3800 specific engine swap info. While the stroke for the 3 8l engine remained at 3 4 86 mm and the bore remained at 3 8 97 mm the engine architecture changed dramatically. I am trying to get it back on the road as it has been sitting for a few years.