Have a rather stupid (well maybe not so stupid) question. My brother has a 1999 Regal GSE (not sure what the "E" stands for). He was told the original motor destroyed itself and was replaced with a 2004 Chevrolet Impala SS Indianapolis 500 3800 Series II L67.
The dealership ran the numbers on the motor to tell him exactly what the motor came out of. I am not sure if he recieved the transmission from that car as well but here is the situation.
His car will not shift into Overdrive. Now I have not driven the car yet to see for myself just exaclty what is going on. Does the ECM have or hold the electronic controls for the transmission?
I am not sure what the problem is and have thought perhaps I could get a 50 dollar ECM off of Ebay to perhaps test it out and see if the control is having issues.
Also my brother thinks his head gaskets are going bad in his car which most people already know that doesnt happen all that often. He has a coolant leak between the intake manifold and the heads, or perhaps the plastic elbow, he was told that the LIM gaskets were changed to the second design. I asked him what color the gaskets were and he said they look black. I told him that the second design are made of aluminum and would not look black unless they were dirty. So i am going to assume he has the first design and perhaps they were not changed out. Where else could coolant be coming from?
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
