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#2 of 8 chevy lumina is a superb buy in an american car!!! by jonrambo Apr 05, 2007 (11:15 pm)
I am 46 and I've been driving since 1976. Of all the 35 cars I have owend and the several score more I have driven.The chevy lumina is secound to none! I have read many questions about this model and have felt the same reservations. The older model i am not familure with. Though I think it would be a fine car to own as well. You see; know matter what car you my drive and own.They are not perfect machines and they need certin amounts of care and maintence to last. I bought my lumina 3 yrs ago,it is a 1998 model 4dr. my brother has owend a APV van since 1993.It has now got 230.000 miles! Mine is a pup yet...173k!! when i got mine i did not look at the blogs to learn enything. I am happy to be here though..I am very interested to share what i know and would like to hear from others too. What i bought this i got it from a car dealer.I paid 6000, for a 3000 doller car. I was very worried..about the longevity of this car. I had a windshiled put in before i picked this car up. The origanal was cracked. I insisted on a transmission back flush too. Since the reason i was there was a burnd out tranny in my prior car. So with some trpidation i picked it up and very soon fell in love with this car. I have heard of some problems with the 3.1 but the one funny thing i have in common would be on cold start-up she likes t rattle the lifters. When i first hard this i was scared. But a call to my bro.. revield that this was a common thing with his engine too.. dont worry about it. I am the worst person in the world next to a woman when it comes to oil!!! I do try to keep it around full. but I have only changed the oil in this car 4 times in 3 yrs...heh heh.. dont try this one at home.. so the average milage on this car between changes are about 21k miles.Am i sounding proud or boasting?? Sorry i am illistraiting the dependability of the car..I bought.I have put 90k miles onthe car. I had to replace a failing starter. I have had to replace the rotors and pads. the master window swich whent on the fritz.. i was going to chang this out but it started to work again..so i just leave it alone for now. Its all simple maintenance things with her. I have a fondness for this car! This car takes me to work every day. It takes me and my kids around to all the places familys go. wgen i feel loke racing she will go to a hundred in about 7 secounds. when we need economy,she gets 26 miles per gallon!!! Not to shabby for a 4000 pound car with a v6. I live in the arctic too. alaska. we had an un global warming moment of - 45F for a week. She ..my lumina froze up! the car had frost all over it. The engine too if you touched it with moistfingers..you would stick to it! I started a fire under the car.. she started 3 hours later:> One question I need to have answerd though is the trans..has a slip in it. Its only when i get down hard on the peddel. Ill try a hard burn out and the trans will slip and ill over rev the engine! when i let up on it she runs normally. I noticed this 3 months after i bought it. trans oil is clean and the trans dont leak. soooo. if enyone has an idea??? Well enyway i will not trade this car for a new vett.. ill write again later ..have fun
#3 of 8 lumina ss 2003 ac not cooling by fato1959 May 28, 2007 (2:04 am)
ac not cooling replaced compressor, resivior and check valve still not cooling   what other parts may be resoponsible for this problem
#4 of 8 cooling fans by punky67 May 31, 2007 (12:26 pm)
is my fans suppost to come on when my car gets hot i have 1991 chevy lumina 3.1 i just replaced the water pump...i don't think my fan is coming on Replies to this message: mike356 (May 20, 2009 8:54 pm)
#5 of 8 heater blower not working by habsfan Jan 12, 2008 (1:28 pm)
My heater motor fan is not working how do get it out to repair it?   Please help.
#6 of 8 a/c gounding circuit by amopar4me May 20, 2008 (7:09 am)
I have a 1990 chevy lumina. The a/c was working fine but suddenly stop. I have check all switch on lines and compressor with volt and ohm meter. I have no ground for a/c relay to complete circuit. I have trace wiring to and from the computer connectors with ohm meter too.The coolant fan relay that is suppose to energize at the same time has no ground either. But if manually ground either one that circuits work .. any help?
#7 of 8 Insufficient heat by mcdiarmid Jan 14, 2009 (6:43 am)
Hello. I have a `95 Lumina car with a 3.1, with 280 000KMs. Single zone heat and A/C. I bought it used last August. It`s used as a taxi. I`ve replaced 2 head and intake gaskets as well as a rad, heater core and pump and installed a used head! All new parts. I`ve also replaced the thermostat 3 times, 2 of the themostats are OEM. Most of this work was done before the cold weather. I just can`t get enough heat to the vents on any setting. I`ve checked the heater hoses for heat...both are hot. I`ve tried many times to get any remaining air out of the system. There is sometimes a gurgling in the heater core, but not always. I know...air. But, every couple of days I try to bleed any air out. None. Could this simply be a switch problem?? I put about 400KMs per day on this car...there shouldn`t be anymore air. Anyone had a similar problem?   Ian
#8 of 8 Re: cooling fans [punky67] by mike356 May 20, 2009 (8:54 pm)
Replying to: punky67 (May 31, 2007 12:26 pm) one of the fans should come on after idleing for about 5-10 minutes. otherwise im sure you'd have overheating problems.

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