1998 Buick Regal, 3.8L automatic, 185K miles, supercharged.
Found coolant all over the engine bay, looks like something blew up in there - I am guessing the infamous plastic intake manifold problem.
The radiator goes empty every day. As it's driving, there is a wall of white smoke following it. I cannot tell if it's coming from the exhaust or from the engine bay. When the hood is open, you can see a lot of white smoke in that area, including coolant on the bottom side of the hood.
Soon after that it overheats and cuts off. Wait 30 mins and fires back up and repeat the cycle.
Exactly how much damage did it sustain? I am not going to fix it but I want to communicate to a potential buyer the extent of the problem. Is the engine still good?
Found coolant all over the engine bay, looks like something blew up in there - I am guessing the infamous plastic intake manifold problem.
The radiator goes empty every day. As it's driving, there is a wall of white smoke following it. I cannot tell if it's coming from the exhaust or from the engine bay. When the hood is open, you can see a lot of white smoke in that area, including coolant on the bottom side of the hood.
Soon after that it overheats and cuts off. Wait 30 mins and fires back up and repeat the cycle.
Exactly how much damage did it sustain? I am not going to fix it but I want to communicate to a potential buyer the extent of the problem. Is the engine still good?