20 Most Recent 1997 Oldsmobile 88 - Page 2 Questions & Answers

Check if the radiator fan comes on when temp is about 50% of the gauge. Check if there is temp difference between top radiator hose and bottom one. Get the coolant thermostat checked. It gets stuck and will stop hot coolant in engine from flowing to radiator for cooling.

your piston ring are wornout or your injectors are leaking or both change your oil more that really bad on the engine bearings will wash out fail

shouldnt wait unless ur done with that car it could take a while to blow smoke or over heat

You will need to get the trouble code out of the computer first and go from there.The trouble code will let you know what area to look for the problem.

All of the posted answers are incorrect, with the exception of kevinbkr, but he does not go into much detail. To change the bulbs you most remove the light cluster. First, as kevinbkr said, remove the top black plastic facia plate. There are 4 push pin expanding type fasteners holding it to the body. Grab the center push pin head with a pair of pliers and pull upwards. It will come out leaving the now 'deflated' pin fastener behind. Using a regular screwdriver, carefully pry the fastener upwards and remove. Once the facia plate is out, look at down at the back of the light cluster and you will see three bent metal clips that fit between the body panel and a plastic triangle shaped pin with a slot in it coming out of the back of the light cluster. These clips hold the light cluster in place and onto the body. Pry these upwards and they slide up and off. The top of the clip has a flat edge, so pry there. The two on the top are fairly easy. Like most everything else, the one at the bottom is harder but you can figure out how to get it. I used a long screwdriver from underneath and tapped upwards. Once the clips are off, the light cluster can be separated from the car by several inches as the wires to the bulbs will prevent complete removal. Notice that the light cluster has a prong that fits into a slot in the front on the side closest to the car centerline. Don't break this prong when removing, and when replacing make sure the male prong is inserted back into the female slot. Just be gentle when removing the cluster and you will see what I am talking about. The headlight bulbs are rotated 1/4 turn counter clockwise and removed. Mine were kind of stuck and I had to carefully pry a bit with a small screwdriver and wiggle the old bulb out. You'll get it. The first side took me 10 minutes, and the other side 5 minutes. A pair of pliers and a couple of regular screwdrivers for prying the clips out are the only tools needed. Really easy after you've done it once.

Hi, there is 2 things you can do, like Ted sad it just a light, so you can just go 2 any auto store explained what happened and just get an extention wire 4 Yr red1 with connections and isolation that you can just connect 2 Yr broken wire and clamp it with just plyers with out any soldering tools. Or get any similar wire and just tire up 2 Yr broken wire with the plyers and use some electrical tape over it so it doesn't short with the ground. That's all. G/luck.

oxygen sensors

You need the 3 essentials for proper engine operation.Fuel,spark,and compression.You said the fuel pump is working but the question remains;is fuel reaching the fuel rail.Try starting the car and then take one spark plug out and check it for fuel odor.

You can purchase a Haynes manual at any auto parts store for your make and model/year of vehicle. These manuals are very good at many things, they have all of the schematics for wiring and diagrams for fuse boxes. Worth the $20 or $30 it costs.

should be 4.5 quarts

replace the coil pack they do go bad-if they are separate do them all-cheers Denny

Key problem ,anti theft transponder

tighten the cables some more--if no go then call dealer and ask to speak to a service tech for reset

Was the bulb you took out a double element bulb? And if so did you put a double element bulb back in?

you can let a auto electrician look at it and maybe it a very bad earth of one of the wires that also could cause that to happen.

use a timeing light to see your firing and idling order

Sounds like a vacumn leak. Gasket under intake plenum may be leaking. Be sure the pcv valve has the o-ring around it in the correct place also as it will set a code.