been back working on my stepdaughters '05 buick again...
2 weeks ago i replaced the radiator that decided to start leaking when she took the car in for emissions testing...
she's been back to test it for emissios 2 times since then, and been rejected because the monitors havent reset...
sometime last week (without my knowledge) the CEL came on. i took the car over to my GM buddy, he plugged in his techII and found the cause of the CEL.
bad thermostat
picked up the parts yesterday afternoon, took the day off work and tore into it this morning...
bad thermostat? nahhhh how 'bout NO thermostat !!
got that taken care of and found the throttle body gasket with a piece missing, and the void packed full of silicone
got it finished a couple hours ago, and took it for a drive. coolant temp is steady, no fluctuation now....just gotta clear the CEL and put some more miles on it to get the monitors to reset..
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