ok guys first post not new to the 3800 community, have 2 gp's, and have had 3 Bonneville's had to replace lim and uim on all of them .the symptoms of this car are hard starting (fouled plugs ) smoke out the exhaust (af burning) .the water pump leaks and it has a miss. the oil has a bit of a gas smell, i would think from hard starting. can any one tell me if this points to a bad lim or uim. and i have read some on here to find a sticky about the procedure to do this on the camaro. so if someone has a write up about this or maybe a ideal that this is where i need to be looking i would be grateful thanks

 

there should never be any gas in the oil. the smoke could come from the oil burning because the gas is in it. i would look into an oil change and start it up and run it for a little bit then check the oil again to see if there is gas in it. i dont think these have anythin to do with a intake mantifold. if the water pump has a leak, check out where its leaking from, if its coming from the gasket then replace it. also, change the plugs!!!

 

yes this is info i already knew thanks for the reply but what iam looking for is some ones write up on replacing the gaskets on the camaro since space makes it tough to work on

 

Are you throwing any codes?

 

well yes code po102 mass-or volume flowA circuit low . code po125 insufficient coolant temperature closed fuel loop, and po300 multipile random misfire. car is very hard to start, worse when warm misses, and burns fuel like crazy.

 

None of those issues point to replacing gaskets?

 

open to suggestions

 

well my car just pulled the p0300 code yesterday tomorrow i will be attacking plugs and wires and coils depending on how they all look.... when my car first pulled mass air flow i replaced cleared code and it came back... my car also had a very hard start didnt idle missed through open throttle etc.... i did a pin test on my ecu and it ended up being bad im not saying that is your problem but its something to keep in the back of your mind. my first suggestion is to change what you know is bad and go from there to see if there is any improvement

 

thanks but i still have a issue with( anti freeze) disappearing more than wp leaking

 

alright now im confused your losing air flow???