Top End Assembly, Lower Intake Reseal 2002 Pontiac Firebird Gm 3800 3.8l
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This is a 2002 Pontiac Firebird with the GM 3.8l 3800 Series II Engine. This vehicle came in with an large oil leak on the engine and an oily substance in the radiator. The antifreeze was mixing with engine oil. The problem is common with this series of engine. The lower intake manifold gaskets deteriorate and case coolant to leak into the engine oil, oil is also allowed to contaminate the cooling system resulting in the fouled coolant and soft radiator hoses. This is multi part repair and is somewhat difficult in this particular car due the firewall and wiper cowl location. We will remove the intake plenum and lower manifold valve covers, and the engine accessories such as alternator, belt, and the tensioner. In this case the belt tensioner also has a heater core bypass built into it so there is engine coolant in the belt tensioner as well. Part one will be the teardown, part two will be engine assembly and the final part will miscellaneous assembly, fluids, cleaning and final inspection. This video is part two of this series. As mentioned in the video this vehicle was featured before due to catastrophic A/C system failure. See links below for all past A/C videos.
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Oh yeah, he's got a working parts washer, that pleases me a lot.
Came here to say the same thing but expected others to beat me to it.
Surprised he didn't resort to bringing in that pink cement mixer of his🤭
@@aderi31415 Me too! Good to see a parts washer in the shop.
I had to watch the video in three stages, due to having a couple of naps in between the piano music having an effect :)
My cat eats between naps.
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Yeah, the piano music sure is relaxingggggggg……….
@@46bovineI kept yawning after about 10 minutes .
I felt like I was shopping in a 1970's grocery store. Or waiting for a dental appointment.
It takes a lot to go from employee to shop owner. Here's to your continued success. Thanks for the video.
And the wife unit, handling much of the administrative end of the business, is a large part of his success. So also are his valuable employees.
Love u but please stop the new background music it takes away from you
Please, no mind-numbing Bob Ross background music. Your genuine insights and process details are far more interesting to listen to than cheesy bg music.
I couldn't agree more. That's when I tuned out (i.e. stopped watching).
Yo I don’t know about anybody else but what is this relax time with Raymond Ray the background music trying to put somebody to sleep 😂
Just guessing of course, perhaps yesterday was overly stressful and the frustration overflowed and influenced the comment section.
@@opendstudio7141He’s trying to sedate the annoying trolls..😅
Dave is very good on the Piano 😂
Heard that back in 1982
@@mortenhattesen I’m old what do you want.
A working parts washer at last! Well done! Best wishes from Wales🏴
Tidy darts!
And did you notice he used a fender cover? OH MY, Ray is growing up!
@@thk7513 on a Ferrari. Must, 100% 😂
I wish Ray was my mechanic I love how much he care's about doing a good job and doing it right ..
You need an "A" "ROD" Hair Cut also.
If I lived closer, he would be doing some of the work on my vehicles.
I just put together why I like these videos so much. As a 13 year old in 1968 I started hanging out at my neighbors race shop. He was a Plymouth factory drag racer and I became the shop gofer until 1972. I loved staying out of the way while watching the mechanics work on those beasts for hours on end. When I was 14 he started sneaking me into the drag racing pits in New Jersey where you had to be16 but I could pass with my brother’s drivers license. There was nothing like the sound of Super Stock and Pro Stock Hemi’s shaking the ground under your feet, and I got to watch the legends of drag racing run during the golden age of factory drag racing. An amazing time and the start of my racing career at the ripe old age of 13.
I love drag racing too, great story. Go Erica
Another great story of a kid getting involved through a race shop. The number of kids brought up around guys who loved their work who worked hard to achieve success. I'm one of those guys also but the race shop I hung out in raced sprint cars.
You must have the patience of a saint, the memory of an elephant and the poise of a ballerina to work on that engine! What a job. Well done.
Repairing and resealing thee engine? Yes. Piano accompaniment? No please. Feels like I'm in a yoga class.
Mechanic listens to smooth jazz and goes full torque 😂
This is the most chill shop music ever
If I closed my eyes I almost thought I was watching a Bob Ross video
Yea, you have a parts washer!!!. Very satisfying seeing parts getting cleaned
There are a lot of comments about the piano music but, would you believe me when I say I was paying so much attention to the work being done, I never heard it.
Ray throwing the empty canister of brake clean and Dave hiding behind the pilar had me in stitches.😂
You should have gone 100% Bob Ross on this one. The calm piano in the background, the soft whispers, you should have called it a Happy little gasket. Then described how it doesn’t like being alone so you add a happy dot of sealant.
"engines run on brake clean". Hell yeah they do. Especially ferarribirds. They eat that shit up
I enjoyed the background music. Didn't realize what was different then realized it was the relaxing,almost subliminal music. Helped me concentrate on your presentation and kept the days events at bay. Thanks for sharing.
Oh man! GM’s best motor ever! The venerable 3.8! I had a few Buicks that had this motor, and loved them! One was a wonderful Regal with the M90 supercharger! Man that big brick moved! I always wanted to stick one of those superchargers on a 3.8 Camaro or Firebird. It’s a cheap junkyard pull, and with the right parts, 500 hp is easily achievable!
Nice work, and nice video! Though the music was a bit odd…
He was going for a elevator vibe I think .
Sweet a parts washer. A clean part is a happy part . Once agin nice job Ray
YAY! You finally have a working parts washer again. Great videos Ray. Thanks.
11:01 noice music Ray ,calming melody 😊
Is that Dave playing the piano in the background? He’s a talented young man!
Nice piano music. I thought that I was in a fancy French restaurant.🎵
Loving the series on the Northstar! I know to never buy a car with that engine in it.
You gotta love Dave , he hears brake kleen being sprayed and knows it is time to hide LOL
I like the background piano music. I guess it helps to keep you and Dave calm and stress free while working. Whose idea was it?
That was a nasty mess. It was very satisfying to see it get cleaned up.
I do love the brake clean shout ANOTHER. Then the throw across the workshop floor.
I’m usually not a proponent of background music, but yours was quite calming and actually therapeutic.
Nice change and therapeutic to your point.
As a former original owner of both a '97 WS6 Trans Am and a '99 Formula, I know what one's lower back feels like after working under the hood of these 4th-gen F-Bodies -- much respect to you Ray for undertaking the deep dive on this V6 iteration to keep these Ponchos on the road (I rarely see one anymore here in SoCal). Thanks too for using fender covers to keep that Navy Blue Metallic paint looking its best! P.S. Congrats on having a functional parts washer once again, and your choice of suitable blood pressure lowering meditation music. 😉
You my friend can think outside the box. So very many people and techs that I have come across over the very many years just cannot do this. Just has to be the book or nothing, or in their closed minds they are scared to take a short cut that's perfectly acceptable. You have a lot going for you, your chosen talent, your own shop and have a ton of experience and most of all an honest approach to your work. So continue to ignore all the nay Sayers and and the itty bitty nit pickers. Most of us that follow you around the world are either mechanics coming up on the trade, old techs such as myself, weekend or backyard mechanics and just people that love you for your personality and the way you make a simple job shine. I think I speak for most of us here on your channel, please, keep up the good work and you, have a great day!
The valve cover gasket sequence reminded me of the old claymation stop-motions shows like Wallace and Grommit, Davey and Goliath, and the Rankin-Bass holiday movies.
edit: Fun nostalgia blast!
Experimenting with some background Muzak? I feel so serene watching this video.
It's like you said yesterday it's your choice what you do your car. It's your way of making something unique to YOU not others some just don't get it and that's sad!!!!
Spa piano music in background is a nice touch 😎 but it’s trying to put me back to sleep
It seems there are two stages involved in this type of repair. The often comments about the parentage of the engine during the tear down. and the compliments it receives when everything returns to their proper positions. It is satisfying to watch everything come together after the battle to remove them at the start.
I absolutely enjoy watching your videos! I imagine that
TH-cam decided the music in the background from your radio was a copyright infringement but please do not replace it with massage therapy music! Your videos are far too enjoyable for you to have to employ that music!
I think it's funny how you have a Dave working with you there. I just heard "Alvin" from the Chipmunks again at about 23:50 using the torque wrench. That would be a great episode to where Dave screams 'Alvin!". 😅😅😅
Ray I love your channel and I watch it all the time, but I can't endorse the music for this episode. I vote for bringing the old soundtrack back!
Really like the background music. As far as the trolls, don’t even talk about them. You’re feeding them by talking about them.
I like your background music..
Like the light mode of music in the back ground great repair another job of the list .❤
FOR THE AGE OF THAT FERRARIBIRD, YOU MADE IT NICE AND SHINEY 😅MORNING TO YOU ,AND THE CREW.
If I was editing this video, I would have done one thing different. During the soothing music segment, do a pan over so it looks like the music is coming from Dave playing keyboard. A winner, I tell ya, comedy gold.
I like the music.
Hey Ray, Love the longer videos and the calming music. Great series of videos.
I had a 1991 Firebird with T-Tops. That was 1 of my favorite cars. I miss that car 😢
Good morning Ray and wife unit Dave and new kid just finished watching video as you’re putting back together don’t know how you remember everything but I love watching you short or long I learning a lot and as always you all be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Long, long ago, in another life, I worked at my dad's accounting firm and he required us to wear a tie. Couldn't understand why because there were never any clients in the office with us. However comma we'd have clients in the office on Saturdays during tax season. And we were not required to wear a tie. 🤪 I didn't last very long in my little office. Ended up in the gas fields out west working on gas turbines. No ties required. Just Nomex coveralls, steel toes boots, hard hat and safety glasses. Much better than a tie.
Admirable dedication and humility in your content. Keep inspiring!
Suck off
Umm Uhh You are umm a umm beautiful woman!! 😊
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Is that Wife Unit playing piano in the back ground? It's just like Bob Ross! Happy little 10 mm bolts go here & can't forget you; big tall one!
71st! T.G.I.F. Ray and the wife unit. Wishing a fantastic weekend to the new employees. Roger in Pierre South Dakota 😊
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Love the elevator music Ray, very relaxing.
I had one of those engines in my 2001 Holden Commodore (Australia). They were very difficult to break. Great engine with cast iron heads.
Maybe you should look into getting a vapor blaster. It uses water and a mild abrasive to wash and clean parts, kinda like a sandblaster but less invasive. Works wonders for cleaning parts :D
Rays been working on his camera skills today, getting good at that!
The meditation music is also a change from the normal, hope no unhappy customers are causing you additional stress my man.
My niece had a Pontiac about this year with a V6 when I saw how far the engine was stuffed in there. Thank god I don't have to work on this car. Watching you these last two days. Making my bad back hurt like hell.😂
It’s amazing that all small owners have the same problems no matter what you sell what you fix but 95% of your customers are great people but 5% are just obnoxious
I like the music. Nice change of pace and relaxing, however I wasn't sure I was watching the correct video without hearing that dang "What's Going On"! LOL I swear that tune has been in 95% of Rays videos for the past year! LOL. This was a nice change of pace Ray!
Almost made me miss the Macarena😂😂😂
Like the 2x speed up of bolt tightening, etc. Plus, the Alvin and the Chimpmunk imitations are fun too.
YES‼️ You’ve got your beautiful new parts washer running, Horray for you Ray🔆
One other new addition I noticed, the background piano recital❓. I know why, but seriously ❓. Much rather hear the sounds of the shop and all.
The elevator music is a nice touch. Auto Premium Five Star Hotel.
This music and the vibe I got today is the "Bob Ross" of Automotive is Rainman Ray...
GM chief engineer says to rookie engineer. Make gasket not leak coolant into oil. Ok, for how long? Till warranty expires. Got it.
See you got your Bob Ross going again, super relaxing video.
We had that Buick motor in our Holden commodore here in Australia, good motor
They were great motors. Not as much power as some of the v8s at the time, but super reliable. My uncle had a 90s buick riviera with the supercharged 3800 and he put over 300k miles on it before it finally rotted out
And the Grand National with that motor and Turbo was super bad.
@@ronniemullis8717 we did have it with a supercharger as standard, but not a turbo , that motor in our commodore was in production for a decade, it was super reliable for us here in Australia
Overall the 3100/3400/3800’s were absolutely stout motors. The one shortfall to them was GM running Dex-Cool in them. Had a 93 Bonneville with the 3.8 that never had an issue with the intake gaskets. Upgraded to a 98 Bonneville & 96 Regal-both had the exact same failure as the Ferraribird in 04 & 05. Ran regular green coolant in them afterwards-never had another issue.
I love the new Burt Bacharach music in the background.
I like the music you added.
I am 3 days behind. Need to do a Rays show binge.... need a cold beer or an old fashion drink.
Nice change of bumper music. Thanks not only for the skill set , but lighting and camera focus. Rain Man Rocks.
I love the videos, but what's up with the music. I feel like im on hold on a phone call 😂
Great video
I like the elevator music. Anything is better than grinders and rap
Great project to share! Great video too Ray.
Welcoming back!
When you been turning wrenches for years know when something is tight enough
in-depth detail….thanks Ray
Good job Ray, you're the best.
Good job Ray love your videos.
Nice episode Ray. Best to you and family
Great work Ray I'm loving the Bob Ross style🎉
You go over and beyond doing your work!
You make things look do easy!
Great video as usual. Distracting background music, though. The sound of your tools is the only music needed.
Love the background music! Sounds great at 2x.
i can see that you have a working parts washer machine (finally)
hoo hoo🎉 😂
best enging ever made by gm i like the 3800 and awesome work 👍
I like the tunes!
Nice job ray cant wait to see it alive n well again! Thanks ray!!!
Love it Ray and bonus...many metal parts...means car live long and prosper!
Your doing a great job..
Sweet job ray its nice when they go back together smoothly
Nice mellow back ground tunes.
love the content and the new music keep up the good work
Another interesting job, like the chilled music, thanks for the videos sir
Looking good, can't wait to hear it run and see that all the leaks are sealed.
Man loves his brake clean.
i appreciate your idea on keeping a time limit for your videos. i agree 40 minutes is perfect. thanks ray