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Scott Buchanan
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Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:07 am Post subject:
'97 Catera Problems |
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Just saw a 1997 Catera for sale in the wrecking yard where I bought two
Grand AMs which turned out to be good cars.
The car is a 3L V8 and looks to be in good shape with 80,000 miles on it.
The thing is the intake system has been removed and is in the trunk.
I figure that someone wanted to repair it and realized that they were in
over their head.
Is there a known problem which would cause someone to do this?
Also, they are asking $3995. This seems a bit high. What do you think?
Thanks,
Scott
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shiden_kai
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Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:49 am Post subject:
Re: '97 Catera Problems |
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Scott Buchanan wrote:
| Quote: | Just saw a 1997 Catera for sale in the wrecking yard where I bought
two Grand AMs which turned out to be good cars.
The car is a 3L V8 and looks to be in good shape with 80,000 miles on
it. The thing is the intake system has been removed and is in the
trunk.
I figure that someone wanted to repair it and realized that they were
in over their head.
Is there a known problem which would cause someone to do this?
Also, they are asking $3995. This seems a bit high. What do you think?
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Let me put it this way, (I work on Catera's) if someone "gave" me a
Catera in a good working order, I would have it towed to an auction
and get whatever money I could get for it.
By the way, that 3.0 liter engine is a V-6, not a V-8. Quite possibly
the nastiest engine to work on that I've ever seen. Of course, I've
only worked on GM engines.
Ian |
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Garrett Fulton
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:53 am Post subject:
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"shiden_kai" <violet_lightening_modified@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Scott Buchanan wrote:
Just saw a 1997 Catera for sale in the wrecking yard where I bought
two Grand AMs which turned out to be good cars.
The car is a 3L V8 and looks to be in good shape with 80,000 miles on
it. The thing is the intake system has been removed and is in the
trunk.
I figure that someone wanted to repair it and realized that they were
in over their head.
Is there a known problem which would cause someone to do this?
Also, they are asking $3995. This seems a bit high. What do you think?
Let me put it this way, (I work on Catera's) if someone "gave" me a
Catera in a good working order, I would have it towed to an auction
and get whatever money I could get for it.
By the way, that 3.0 liter engine is a V-6, not a V-8. Quite possibly
the nastiest engine to work on that I've ever seen. Of course, I've
only worked on GM engines.
Ian
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Worse than the dreaded 3.4 DOHC? I can't believe that.
Garrett Fulton
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shiden_kai
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Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:19 am Post subject:
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Garrett Fulton wrote:
| Quote: | By the way, that 3.0 liter engine is a V-6, not a V-8. Quite
possibly the nastiest engine to work on that I've ever seen. Of
course, I've only worked on GM engines.
Ian
Worse than the dreaded 3.4 DOHC? I can't believe that.
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Much worse then the 3.4 DOHC! I'm actually doing head gaskets
on a Catera today. We would be better off just giving the guy the
4000 dollars it's going to take to fix it, and then have it towed to
the nearest wrecking yard. There are actually some people that
like these cars. I don't really know why...but I guess it takes all
kinds.
Ian |
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Garrett Fulton
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Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:52 am Post subject:
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"shiden_kai" <violet_lightening_modified@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Garrett Fulton wrote:
By the way, that 3.0 liter engine is a V-6, not a V-8. Quite
possibly the nastiest engine to work on that I've ever seen. Of
course, I've only worked on GM engines.
Ian
Worse than the dreaded 3.4 DOHC? I can't believe that.
Much worse then the 3.4 DOHC! I'm actually doing head gaskets
on a Catera today. We would be better off just giving the guy the
4000 dollars it's going to take to fix it, and then have it towed to
the nearest wrecking yard. There are actually some people that
like these cars. I don't really know why...but I guess it takes all
kinds.
Ian
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Man. I don't want any part of those dogs then. My oldest boy who's about
to graduate from college was thinking about getting one that he thought was
a good deal. I seemed to remember some posts here condemning them and think
I talked him out of it. Dad would have been the one working on it too.
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noname
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Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject:
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Co-worker had one. 56,000 miles head gasket/intake coolant leaks.
Dealer charged him over a grand for the repair, only for it to leak again at
about 70,000 miles.
He has since traded it off.
I always thought it was one of those cars made by some foreign company for
GM.
It had alot of German parts on it.
"Scott Buchanan" <t120rv@pacifier.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Just saw a 1997 Catera for sale in the wrecking yard where I bought two
Grand AMs which turned out to be good cars.
The car is a 3L V8 and looks to be in good shape with 80,000 miles on it.
The thing is the intake system has been removed and is in the trunk.
I figure that someone wanted to repair it and realized that they were in
over their head.
Is there a known problem which would cause someone to do this?
Also, they are asking $3995. This seems a bit high. What do you think?
Thanks,
Scott
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Full_Name
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Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:38 pm Post subject:
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:50:21 -0500, "Garrett Fulton"
<gfulton@webkorner.com> wrote:
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"shiden_kai" <violet_lightening_modified@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Garrett Fulton wrote:
By the way, that 3.0 liter engine is a V-6, not a V-8. Quite
possibly the nastiest engine to work on that I've ever seen. Of
course, I've only worked on GM engines.
Ian
Worse than the dreaded 3.4 DOHC? I can't believe that.
Much worse then the 3.4 DOHC! I'm actually doing head gaskets
on a Catera today. We would be better off just giving the guy the
4000 dollars it's going to take to fix it, and then have it towed to
the nearest wrecking yard. There are actually some people that
like these cars. I don't really know why...but I guess it takes all
kinds.
Ian
Man. I don't want any part of those dogs then. My oldest boy who's about
to graduate from college was thinking about getting one that he thought was
a good deal. I seemed to remember some posts here condemning them and think
I talked him out of it. Dad would have been the one working on it too.
Garrett
Before you get too down on the Catera / Omega motors keep in mind they |
came with a good one in Europe. The Diesel engine (made by BMW) is a
sweet, reliable engine. However the rest of the car is still....um...
Fragile. |
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Brad Clarke
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:19 am Post subject:
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:25:05 -0600, "noname" <nospam4meplease@nospam.net>
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| Quote: | Co-worker had one. 56,000 miles head gasket/intake coolant leaks.
Dealer charged him over a grand for the repair, only for it to leak again at
about 70,000 miles.
He has since traded it off.
I always thought it was one of those cars made by some foreign company for
GM.
It had alot of German parts on it.
That foreign company is one of GMs European divisions, Opel. |
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shiden_kai
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:18 am Post subject:
Re: '97 Catera Problems |
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Full_Name wrote:
| Quote: | Before you get too down on the Catera / Omega motors keep in mind they
came with a good one in Europe. The Diesel engine (made by BMW) is a
sweet, reliable engine. However the rest of the car is still....um...
Fragile.
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Perhaps in Europe they came with a "good" motor, but they neglected
to put one in when they sent it over here. This 3.0 liter motor is one
of GM's "world" engines and apparently is used in many different
vehicles. I think they put them in SAAB's too. The design of the
engine is ghastly....you would have to see one and have some knowledge
of how most engines are put together to understand what a nightmare
this one is to work on.
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