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#376 of 436 Re: Oil Leak on a 95' Northstar Eldorado [rockylee] by Mr_Shiftright HOST May 02, 2006 (10:45 am)
Replying to: rockylee (May 01, 2006 11:44 pm) It depends where the leak is. If it's the notorious "engine seal" leak, which results in a leak in the unusual split engine block design of the Northstar, then the only solution is a major disassembly of the car and engine. I am told this requires about 18 hours of shop time. Most often, this leak occurs after 100K miles, but much early mileage have been reported.
#379 of 436 Re: Cadillac CTS 2005 [policelady] by bill86 May 06, 2006 (2:51 pm)
Replying to: policelady (Dec 09, 2005 2:06 pm) Police lady- in my opinion no oil change is needed between seasons, as was needed many years ago. Your car probably uses 5-30 oil which is all-season, and should be changed when the car's info system says so. It will tell you when the oil life has 10% remaining. In my experience that is around 10,000 mi. Today's cars run cleaner and the oil is better. My 1993 Cad sts called for oil changes at about 5500 mi, and after over 200,000 mi it runs fine and uses no more oil than when new. Hope this helps. I think changing oil at 3000 mi is a waste except for the changers.
#380 of 436 stainless steel cacillac by wfeindt May 07, 2006 (8:33 am)
Does anyone out there ever heard of a cad. made of stainless steel, no matter what year? Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (May 07, 2006 11:57 am) blkhemi (May 10, 2006 7:55 am)
#381 of 436 Re: stainless steel cacillac [wfeindt] by Mr_Shiftright HOST May 07, 2006 (11:57 am)
Replying to: wfeindt (May 07, 2006 8:33 am) 57 & 58 I believe had stainless steel roof and fender skirts, that's about it, in the Brougham model.
#382 of 436 NO BRAKES IN N.Y. NEED YOUR HELP by bartender2 May 09, 2006 (5:43 am)
I may have posted my question in the wrong forum,so i'll try here. 1992 deville ,i only have two brakes, rt front and left rear the other two get no brake fluid at all any help would be great, thanx bartender.ps i think my question is on one of the other forums in greater detail
#383 of 436 Electrical problem by dmp3 May 09, 2006 (7:35 am)
I own a '99 Cadillac Deville and when I start my car, the power immediately goes out on everything. I try to start it again and it's dead as a doornail. I give it a few minutes and it starts up. I was driving into work and all of a sudden the car dies - no power. While waiting for AAA to arrive, I hear my antenna going down and was able to start my car. The time lapse was about 15 minutes. Any idea what could be wrong??
#384 of 436 Re: stainless steel cacillac [wfeindt] by blkhemi May 10, 2006 (7:55 am)
Replying to: wfeindt (May 07, 2006 8:33 am) The early 80's Eldo's had the stainless steel roof, but I've never heard of a whole car made out of it from Caddy.
#385 of 436 Re: Coolant Leak 2003 CTS / Oil Cooler Seals [riskybusiness] by scott1121 May 11, 2006 (1:54 pm)
Replying to: riskybusiness (Oct 05, 2005 11:33 am) I have the same vehicle and just had my head gasket blow. I was sitting idle in traffic and all of a sudden the bells started going off and the computer screen said "Engine Overheating - Idle Engine". I put the vehicle in neutral and just as I did the bells when off again and this time the screen said "Low Coolant - Engine Overheating - Stop Engine". I immediately put the car in a parking space 6 feet away and turned off the engine. When I did, I heard a bubbling sound in the coolant reserve tank. I got out and on the ground was a huge puddle of milk-chocolate colored, milkshake thickness fluid. After towing to the shop, the initial diagnosis is blown head gasket - external failure. It just turned 100k miles last week and had all the service done as required on a 2003 CTS. Cadillac is refusing to help so far saying that since I have over 100k miles it's out of their abilty to assist, I have 101k miles not - come on guys. I'm going to have it towed to a Cadillac Dealer and have them tear it down and do a full diagnosis.