Top 10 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Questions & Answers

Having coolant leaking problems, everytime the car runs it runs hot, coolant filled, when car is then turned off coolant leaks out on drivers side underneath radiator. Hissing sound also on drivers side when running hot.

Many of the 95 Cutlass Supremes have a transverse leaf spring suspension on the rear and there are no coil springs. I believe it depends on whether it is a 2 door or 4 door model. It is much easier to do the struts on the transverse leaf spring type. Support the knuckle with a jack or jack stand. Unbolt the upper mounting bracket by removing 2 bolts from inside the wheel well. Then remove the 2 bolts holding the bottom of the strut to the knuckle. Now you can remove the upper mounting bracket from the strut and place it on the new strut. Reinstall by reversing the procedure.

You can also leave the upper mounting bracket on the car and just unbolt the strut, but this can be more difficult. Support the knuckle with a jack or jack stand. Use a torx socket to keep the strut shaft from spinning and remove the upper mounting nut. Now remove the 2 bolts holding the bottom of the strut to the knuckle. Reinstall by reversing the procedure.

The warning light has two states. A blinking light indicates a critical problem with gaseous emissions from the engine that is likely to cause permenant damage to the engine, exhaust sytem or catalytic converter. A blinking light must be remedied immediately, and the car should not be driven in this state, at the risk of causing serious and permenant damage to the engine, exhaust and/or catalytic converter. Repairing or replacing these parts can be extremely expensive. A reputable garage or a Vauxall/Opel garage should be able to diagnose and repair the problem.

A solid (unblinking) light indicates a non-critical fault in the emmisions exhaust system. Many faults are covered by this light including failures in emssions sensors, temperature sensors and a variety of other parts. This usually results in a higher than average amount of environmentally harmful pollutants being expelled from the car, loss of power and/or gradual damage to the engine, exhaust and catalytic converter. While the car can still be driven with a non-critical emmisions problem, it is highly recommended that the fault is diagnosed and repaired at a reputable garage or Vauxhall/Opel garage.

This will probably be easiest water pump you'll ever have to replace. Since its bad it probably has leaked enough coolant out that you wont even have to drain the radiator. Use a half inch breaker bar to take tension off the belt at the tensioner(below the power steering pump), remove belt. The pump is the closest pulley to you when standing in front of the car. Use a 10mm wrench or socket to remove 4 bolts on the pulley, and then there is I believe 6 8mm bolts that hold the pump onto the housing. Give the pump a tap with a hammer, and the pump will come right off. If the gasket is still attached to the housing scape it off using care not to gouge the surface. you should cover the inside with a rag so no pieces fall into the system. Use some RTV sealant on the new gasket(light coating) both sides, let it cure for 5 mins, then reinstall gasket and pump. The bolts don't take much torque but make sure they are good and tight. Now reinstall the belt and fill the radiator. Give the sealant about an hour to really set-up before you start the engine. With radiator cap removed start the engine let it warm-up and fill the radiator as needed. Replace the cap, fill overflow tank to proper level and take it for a ride watching the temp gage. All should be good. If the temp is high after a mile or 2 their is probably air in the system that needs to be bled out.

The pistons in these calipers must be rotated as they are threaded back into the caliper body to make them retract.

You will see two small notches in the face of the piston, this is for the tool to rotate it back. This tool cost about $8 at any parts house and fits on the end of your 3/8 extension, it fits several different makes of calipers (looks like a small box with pins on it).

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The TDM in the security system (VATS/PassKey) is having problems, it's typical on those cars. You can find a great write-up here: http://newrockies.ca , it was the only thing that saved my Park Avenue.

There is no reset button on these security systems. If the light is on or flashing, this indicates a "break" in communication in the anti theft system. Could be as simple as a worn out key or as bad as a broken theft deterrent module. Go to this link and read the whole thing. Try the "ten minute trick" and if that doesn't work, you'll be looking at bypassing the security or replacing faulty parts. http://vatspasslockpasskeysecurityhelp.yolasite.com/