Sign In Join 



Oldsmobile Aurora Maintenance & Repair

4283 messages,  Last post on Nov 25, 2009 at 10:33 AM

You are in the Oldsmobile Aurora Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens

What is this discussion about? Oldsmobile Aurora, Auto Repair, Sedan


Messages Page 407 of 429
1
...
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
...
429
Prev
Next
Last
Go To Msg #
Search This Discussion

#4055 of 4283
Re: 1997 AURORA [jeff8789] by mdeering
Dec 03, 2008 (1:27 pm)
Reply

Replying to: jeff8789 (Oct 16, 2008 4:45 pm)

Jeff
 
Did you ever determine the problem? We are have the same problem. No Parking lights, CD player does not work.
#4056 of 4283
Re: Body Rust: 1995-1999 Aurora Classics [pscheid] by brinwood
Dec 04, 2008 (8:58 am)
Reply

Replying to: pscheid (Oct 14, 2008 7:16 am)

You are not alone. I went to jack up my aurora 97, pas. side ok, drivers side rear, the jack crushed thru the jack point. needless to say I stopped! Took it to shop for tire rotation. usually do it myself.
also noted rust bubbles near jack point drivers side.
concerned? yes.
NYS salt has done it. 118K and still runs fine. 28 mpg on trips, 21 around town.
#4057 of 4283
Pristine 2001 3.5 Aurora by dathom
Dec 17, 2008 (1:36 pm)
Reply
& 70K miles with all preventive maintenance work done at or before time to do it. Only two problems.
Rear window regularors both went out with in days of each other. What a pain and what a cost to repair. So, I just had the cables "tied" in the up position.
But real issue is a whine noise at speed. No noise at any RPM while at rest. At speed whine noise (bearing?) increases as speed increases. Also, when the steering wheel is turned right at speed, noise decreases? Power steering pump? I am at a loss on what is is.
Anyone?
#4058 of 4283
just joined this forum by tnt97rora
Dec 19, 2008 (10:44 pm)
Reply
been reading lot of these messages My blower motor just quit working. figures,I live in northern wi. ive been trying to get a price on the bcm. half these places say they dont show one. I have a 97 a/124000 mi. I bought it last feb. this is the first money i have to put in to it. Can any one tell me which parts house might have this part.Gotta have heat. Any help greatly appreciated. Glad to be part of the Aurora club.
#4059 of 4283
Re: just joined this forum [tnt97rora] by oldwino
Dec 20, 2008 (10:46 am)
Reply

Replying to: tnt97rora (Dec 19, 2008 10:44 pm)

gmpartsdirect.com shows one for about $85.
#4060 of 4283
Re: Pristine 2001 3.5 Aurora [dathom] by tootertater
Dec 21, 2008 (8:21 pm)
Reply

Replying to: dathom (Dec 17, 2008 1:36 pm)

I had the same problem on my '96 aurora. I took it to the shop and they had to replace the serpatine belt and also my lower pulley. It would whine at speed but decrease at turns.I had my oil changed ,water flushed and refilled for winter, brakes checked,etc. Belts it seams are not included in maintenance. Belt and pulley about $120 getting it put in $130 because they have to drop the radiator to get to it.
#4061 of 4283
95 TRANNY PROBLEM... HELP PLEEAASSEE!!! by ndeysayau95
Dec 30, 2008 (9:14 pm)
Reply
HEY AURORIANS... LET ME SAY THAT I HAVE READ MANY POSTS BEFORE SUBMITTING THIS QUESTION AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND AN ANSWER. I'VE TRIED A FEW THINGS THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT HELP BUT NO LUCK, SO HERE I GO...
FIRST THINGS FIRST, I'VE HAD THIS SMALL LEAK FROM THE RADIATOR FOR ABOUT A MONTH, NEVER REALLY LOST A LOT OF COOLANT BUT I NOTICED A SMALL DRIP... THEN ONE NIGHT AS I WAS GETTING ON THE FREEWAY I LOST POWER, ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE DIC READ CHECK CHARGE SYSTEM... HAD THE BATTERY TESTED IT WAS LOW SO GOT A NEW ONE, LASTED 1 DAY.... REPLACED THE ALTENATOR & NEW BATTERY. WELL DUM DUM ME CHECKED AND REPLACED THE FLUIDS AS YOU ALL KNOW THE RADIATOR HAS TO BE REMOVED... IN THE COURE OF THIS I FILLED THE TRANSMISSION "WITHOUT" CHECKING IT OPERATING TEMPERATURE SO I DIDN'T GET AN ACCURATE READING.
LONG STORY MADE KINDA SHORT, I DROVE HER THE NEXT DAY ABOUT 15 MILES AND SHE FIRST OVERHEATED. I PULLLED OVER LET HER COOL, ADDED THE LIL BIT THAT I LOST AND TRIED TO HEAD HOME. HAD TO GET ON THE FREEWAY, AND THAT LASTED ALL BUT 1/2 A MILE. SHE OVERHEATED AGAIN, THE RPMS WENT TO 5000 + (NO REDLINE) AND I PULLED OFF TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION.
HAD SOMEONE RECOMMEND DRAINING THE FLUID, AND REPLACING THE SEAL (?)... HOWEVER THIS IS NOT A AURORA EXPERT AND I'M REALLY WONDERING IF I DAMAGED SOMETHING... SHE WON'T GET OUT OF FIRST GEAR.
ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED!! SORRY SO LENGTHY BUT TRYING TO GIVE AS MUCH INFO AS POSSIBLE.
THANX IN ADVANCE.
#4062 of 4283
Re: 95 TRANNY PROBLEM... HELP PLEEAASSEE!!! [ndeysayau95] by mastecutor
Dec 31, 2008 (8:42 am)
Reply

Replying to: ndeysayau95 (Dec 30, 2008 9:14 pm)

Seem to have a multitude of problems here.
 
1) your radiator drip sound like you have a crack in your radiator or your hoses are broke. First things first. Determine where the drip is coming from. I've had three cases of losing radiator fluid on my 98'. A) Water pump seal bad.(Solution, replace water pump (belt just because) cost $200). B) Radiator hoses: replace outlet and inlet. C) Crack in plastic housing of radiator (replace radiator Dealer price 800$, my price 250$).
 
Before you changed out the Alternator did you check it to see if it was bad? If you just changed it to change it then that was a bad move. More so a waste of money.
 
You should verify how much load you are pulling off the battery. With the coolent leak you had maybe it dripped on to a electrical line and you are getting a short somewhere in your car which would cause all your electrical to go out.
 
What did the Transmission fluid look like. Did it have a burnt smell to it. Should be bright to dark red in color.
 
Considering it is a 95 and if you did damage your tranney. The blue book on this care is not more than 1800$. RIP.
#4063 of 4283
Re: 95 TRANNY PROBLEM... HELP PLEEAASSEE!!! [mastecutor] by ndeysayau95
Dec 31, 2008 (9:16 am)
Reply

Replying to: mastecutor (Dec 31, 2008 8:42 am)

Thank you "mastecutor". Let me answer your questions... as for the altenator, on the DIC it was only reading 11.8 - 12.1 with no load if I turned anything on it went lower and just shut down so I had the altenator tested and sure enough it was no good. I had it replaced along with a new battery and it went back to 14.9 with a load, 15.1 without.
 The leak in the radiator seems to be coming from the very bottom of the radiator near the cock plugs (there are 2 on mine) I have checked the hoses and they all seem to be ok so Im in the process of finding a radiator.
 As fr the tranny fluid it doesn't have a burnt smell to it however, it is not bright nor dark red, it actually has a brown tint to it. I notice something new this morning, I tried what they call the idle relearn on it yesterday, and now there is tranny fluid underneath the car not a lot but it seems to have come out of the pan because it is almost rectangular in shape. I haven't driven her since the problem started.
 I'm leaning toward a diagnostic on the transmission ($50) and if it is blown then I have another option... a local wrecking yard has the exact same car color and all with a bad engine they want $550 I can buy it and swap engines and keep mine for parts or sell it all together.
Any input you give is greatly appreciated!! Oh yes, Im a female that tries to keep cost down... and I must add that I've had some really nice cars (Lexus, MBs,Cads) but this Aurora is the best and honestly Im going to hate letting go if it comes to that because no one will appreciate her as much.
Thanx

Messages Page 407 of 429
1
...
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
...
429
Prev
Next
Last
Go To Msg #
Search This Discussion
To POST a message, please Sign In.

New? Join Now!

Forum Tools

Please sign in.
Email Address:

Password:

Forgot Password?

Search Forums

Enter Keyword(s)

Advanced Search

Browse by Vehicle



View All Vehicles
Advertisement
Ask the Community
See What People Are Asking

Browse by Board

Browse by Topic


View All Topics

Today's Chats

Advertisement