I Took Apart & Discovered My Cutlass V6 Engine Is ONE GIGANTIC GM EXPERIMENT! LOOK AT THIS!
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Get a Head Cam so you can use both hands.. Goof.
Alex ! You need a Gino Vannelli CD in that car ... You know ! PERIOD CORRECT !
It's the Klingon's and Romulas's who have cloaking ships
I remember those rear calipers only lasting for 2 years, then they would lock up.
green antifreeze is a silicate based antifreeze dexcool and equivalent is a non silicate based antifreeze theres alot of interesting science in it
I’m sick of all the wrecked exotic cars that nobody can afford to own or fix. This channel rocks.
Stop Voting For The Left Then...😶🧂
I’d rather watch a 1990 ford crown vic than a lambo
Couldn’t agree more. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
100% with you on that! This is the best Chanel!
@@jalos012 Or a ‘99 Camry!
R12 had an old Chevy. Stuck a fridge thermometer in the vent. Even on 90 degree days it’s would blow near freezing air. On cooler humid days it would blow frost on low.
I’ve got R12 on my 1980 Chevy C30. No plans on converting it
I just repaired and recharged my R12 system on my 1990 Corvette ZR-1. There is nothing like a well dialed R12 system! I bought a 30LB bottle of R12 so i would never run out. Drove the car around 4000 miles last month for the 2024 Corvette Caravan and was nice and cool all the way! It even performed reasonably well in 100+ with high humidity.
@@fixxerautomotive4917 it's still possible to buy R12?
@silktruck7933 yes but it's very hard to find and prohibitively expensive
Confirmed. First car was an old Monte Carlo. R12. Frosted the vents.
Cutlass vs. Exotics: listen, I've been sitting here waiting for this to post. I don't bother watching Lambo videos at all. This is actually interesting.
I'd much rather watch a video on something I could actually buy one day, not some $200k Ferrari or Lambo.
I’m glad you aren’t like other RUclipsrs, Id rather see see different videos like this 🔥
Easy way to do a cam belt. Cut the belt in half all of the way around and remove the front half. Leaving the back half on the pulleys to keep it perfectly timed. Slide your new belt onto the front half of the pulleys. Then cut and remove the last half of the old belt before seating the new belt properly.
That is the best tip I've read this century!!!
That doesn't sound easy at all.
I am definitely going to try this.
LETS GOOOOOOO
Saw your last video yesterday. Tits are getting smaller ! Keep doing diet. Kisses
How tha lambo doing Freddy ?
I told you a little about this engine but wait until you see inside. So weird!!
Go where? Is this you attempt to be hip with the kids? You’re old, just stop.
Hello Freddy, Watch this guy, Alex bro. A bloody Genius mechanic, especially Mercedes. Another Fantastic channel. Hello from Ireland again Alex. 🙏🙏👌👏👏👏👏👏👏
I was a technician at an Oldsmobile dealership in the mid-late nineties. GM had a special tool for the timing belt on that engine. You'll notice there are flats on the camshaft and a threaded hole between them. The tool laid across the flats and you put a bolt through it into that threaded hole to hold the cams in position. The dealership didn't have the tool, so I just drilled a hole in two pieces of flat strap steel. I still have them in my tool box 30 years later.😂 The tools aren't absolutely necessary, but they sure make the timing belt replacement easier.
Smart man 💪🏾😎
They went away from Green coolant because they were finding out it was detrimental to aluminum parts too corrosive. And that's definitely belt material 100% I've seen it before
I love me some exotic cars but truth be told; those cars are priced way above your common man/woman. These videos are REALISTIC and just as great in CONTENT ALEX! Thanks pal!
Yea but this is a wack ass cutless tho nothing cool about this car at all
Okay but this isn’t even a cool or interesting car. It just looks… cheap and old
@@JoseSantos-gl3vkthis car is cool as hell. Just because YOU don’t appreciate an under appreciated survivor like this doesn’t mean the rest of us feel the same. These were amazing cars!
@@JoseSantos-gl3vk Quick question Jose what cars do you own 🤦♂️
@@JoseSantos-gl3vk ok so move on and go watch a video about that craaaaazy Pagani Huayra or McLaren Senna or whatever hotwheels car floats your boat...
I'm like 99% of the people who watch your channel, I love the fact you go after the unique, not really known about and of course just cool cars. The depth you go into doing repairs or even mods makes me smile, getting to see such a variety of different models and vast selection of years too, I'm so glad you haven't gone the route of 90 % of the car youtubers. Keep up the amazing work Alex
Hi Alex. You are my number one Autoshow on RUclips. As a host you're genuine and funny and your car choice is random, cool and realistic. I usually tune out when creators go the exotic route unless its really rare like a Lancia Stratos or like Ratarossas BB512 Resto. I have a 1999 Vehicross, 1988 RHD UK Spec MR2, a 1987 Merkur Xr4Ti, 1989 Ford Probe, 1986 Fiero rally car (not joking). I even have my 1993Z28 from when I was a teenager just like you with your trans am. And funny enough my girlfriend drives a 1996 Cutlass 2dr similar to your blue one. Lifetime watcher. Keep the direction of your channel it's perfect. Stay genuine dude. And thanks for the awesome viewing. Best show.
Alex and The Car Care Nut are the GOATS.,
Since I am a Trekkie, I guess I should answer the question about the cloaking device. The Romulans and the Klingons had cloaking technology. The only Federation starship that had cloaking technology was the USS Defiant in DS9, given to them under the authority of the Romulans in trade for information they received from the Gamma Quadrant. It could only technically be used in the Gamma Quadrant. There was another Federation starship that had an advanced, experimental cloaking device that allowed them to not only cloak, but pass through matter, as well. It was on the USS Pegasus. That cloaking device was developed secretly and hidden from Starfleet Command because it violated the Treaty of Algeron, a treaty that the Federation had with the Romulans to preserve peace, but in order to keep the peace, the Federation could not develop cloaking technology. Yes, even though I am a car guy, I am also a nerd. But I prefer to think of myself as a Sci-Fi enthusiast.
Did the Forengi ever steal the technology?
@@mediocreman2 Not that I am ever aware of. I have never seen a cloaked Ferrengi ship. There might be an alternate universe show where they got the technology, but I have never seen one.
Wouldn't the Ferengi trade for it? 🤔
The highlight of my Saturday’s, and I’m so glad to see this back! I sure miss my Z34 with that same engine
Additional interesting tidbit about that engine. The rotating assembly is all forged. Made for boost! 👌
I have that Pontiac GTP with the 3.4 and the Monte Carlo Z34 with the 3.4. Excellent cars.
Learned to drive in a monte carlo Z34
Hi Randy!
@@puppet_theater_016 Hi
I caught the Nickelback reference. “ It’s been a while “.😂😂😂😂 Best automotive channel on RUclips.
Isn't that Staind?
Keep up with the great content. You have captured my attention. Being an 80s kid and reading Motor trend and R &T. Seeing all these cool cars on the glossy cover and dreaming about driving one when I got my license.
Keep the Olds (get it?) classics alive Alex. I love it I have a 20 year old car.
Nearly 90 minutes? I’m down! Used to look forward to watching cartoons on Saturday morning as a kid. As an adult, these are my Saturday morning car-tunes.
Dude! You read my mind! Same.
I watched cartoons with my kids first, then LSC. This car is so cool.
“Do I have to take this pully off”. 99/100 yesss. Great car Alex!
Saturday morning coffee and LSC…perfect.
I agree with a lot of the commenters. These are more realistic cars most people can afford. I love the old cars from the 90's and 80's. I''m 68 and it brings back a lot of memories. I have worked on a lot of 70's cars, also.
I had a Z24 I put a million miles on. A 1990. I would much rather see vids about these. You can buy one of these exotics at auction. You just can afford to maintain it. A 35k dollar Testarossa that will cost at least that much to maintain because the engine has to come out to do it.
Yes! Another cutlass Video! I absolutely love this thing 🦄
Alex, that Cutlass is fantastic! You're right to never sell it, unless it's to me!
With all that glass, you should have the windows tinted, and if you want it to look stock, get the lightest shade they have, even clear. The UV rating will still protect the interior and reduce heat. Tint doesn't need to be dark to achieve these results. I've had this done on a few cars.
Also, Illinois now has RFID IPASS stickers instead of those bulky boxes.
May have been said already, but the workshop manual is wrong for cam belt timing. I was a GM tech back in the hay day of those engines. There was a service manual supplement that GM released that never got out in the manual.
The first one I did a belt on in the mid 90’s I put it on wrong cause that’s what’s the manual said. Took me a week to figure it out.
All of your quirky one-offs and retro masterpieces are so much more exciting than a generic supercar. Anyone with money could buy a super car, it takes a lot of skill to do what you do.
The 90s Monte Carlos Z34 had those 3.4 double overhead cam as a performance option, too. It was fun when it worked right. I bet it's even better with the manual. 😊
Had a 96 lumina ls with that engine. The auto transmission wasn't able to handle that engine and would of liked it in manual
Fall and winter season is upon us- I think it’s time for some LSC pajamas to watch these Saturday morning cartoons you put out for us!
Best part of watching this is knowing one of these will never come to my shop and I wont have to do it! You are a mad man Alex!
I so look forward to Saturday morning lsc episodes! Keep this content coming!
Check the egr tube that feeds the valve and the valve itself. mine wasn't working, the solenoids worked, but the valves were carboned up and the tube was clogged. It gave me a permanent CEL. Tube runs down to the cat, and I believe required replacement of the cat to replace the tube. The dealer who installed the new timing belt couldn't get the system working and gave up. Didn't cause any problems driving it just the light to stay on. I was so done with the car I didn't care and traded it off a year or two later after the third alternator I had to install. Mine was a 92 lumina 3.4 euro sedan. It was a beautiful white with red trim car, the tail lights, door handles, wheel moldings, badges, and door strips were white to match, with red in the door moldings and the badges. When washed and polished it was amazing to look at. I was tired of the alternator issues, and the CEL on all the time. It wasn't fun to wrench on after a while and I moved on.
Exactly what makes you different keep it up I’d say 90% of vids are exotic but who can relate ? Most people aren’t in that exotic category so I really appreciate your vids,have a good weekend
Let’s get a moment of silence for all the tools that have fallen in the engine bay and never came back out…..
Peace out tools!
I'll find you, 8mm socket
I would definitely recommend getting the windows tinted, as it will help protect the great interior and I believe it will make the old school HID a little easier to see during the daytime. I purchased an ‘89 Cutlass Supreme when they were released and even when new, the HID wasn’t the brightest when the sun was beading down, yet you would find yourself toning it down at night, as it would get distracting.
Blessed us this Saturday morning. Thanks
I’m with you, Alex. I couldn’t care less about exotics. Show me something I might actually be able to buy for myself.
Love the dueling water pumps 😂
If memory serves me correctly, the 87-92 VW 1.8/2.0 16V has a belt that drives the intake cam, and a chain that drives the exhaust cam off the intake cam.
The guy in that GM service video sounds like the guy from the turbo encapsulator video 😂
If you ever wanted to get white plastic like that coolant reservoir white again, there's a process that involves soaking in hydrogen peroxide and shining a UV light on it. There's a guy who restores old Tonka trucks - Chip Channel - whom I've seen do that with some of the white interior plastic parts for those trucks that he can't replace.
Sorry for editing this multiple times while I'm watching lol. R12 definitely did blow colder than R134. The 123 and 126 Chassis used the same Delco compressor that Cutlass uses. Early on during the conversions, we saw a lot of compressor failures within 2 years or the conversion. The original compressors were not really set up for the higher pressures of 134. They finally caught on with rebuilding them, and they became much more reliable.
Those were Nice Cars.. Especially The CONVERTIBLES
Yes Alex uploaded!!! Im officially having the best birthday ever!
Happy Birthday!!
@@LegitStreetCars Tysm I love your videos Alex u rock
Alex for the Saturday Morning Win! Let’s Go!
In 91 i bought a new Dale Earnhardt edition Z34. Ten years and 210,000 mi passed and we parted ways. What a cool locking rocket i enjoyed. This brings back memories.
I laughed out loud at the waterpump dilemma. Thanks for working on such an interesting engine :)
Regarding R-12 systems:
It wasn't so much that R-12 was more efficient, it was more about the first gen of R-134a systems weren't properly sized. They were still based off of R-12 systems so the A/C wasn't all the great while sitting still. It needed more airflow over the core to cool properly.
Was a fairly easy fix on most vehicles. Add a hi-cfm electric fan to come on with compressor. Fixed many this way.
12 was very thermally efficient. 134a was a junk science compromise to appease (for a short time) the global warming tree huggers. Not to be assuaged the tree huggers took a break from hugging trees to slam us with 1234YF slightly flammable but it is a decent refrigerant. 40 year AC guy with AC 608 and 609 cert and testing proctor.
I’d rather have your car collection over these tool bag exotic owners collections anyday!
Love these longer deep dive videos on a Saturday, so cool and learning all at the same time 😊
I freaking love this car. I love cars like this. And i would much rather see stuff like this then another lambo
Agreed
Yes in agreement
When I was 12, Sat morning cartoons were the greatest 2+hrs of my week. Then I got older and cartoons fell off. Then LSC started posting on Saturdays. My world is back in order. Thank you Alex!!
I’ve been reloading and reloading… yessss. Let’s go Alex!! Love this thing.
I just thoroughly enjoy your videos . All types of cars and drivelines keeps the intrest in your channel. Thank you so much for the info and insight!
Way back in 1999 when i was 18 or so, my first car was a 1992 Chevrolet Beretta gt-z, which had the quad 4, dohc, 4 valve per cylinder, 4 cylinder that put out as much power as the 305 ci engines in the camaro of the same year and was way faster cause it was more than 1000lbs lighter. It was a very similar experimental engine, though it proved to be very reliable and went into full production for a lot of gm cars in the era. It was a beautiful car, with no miles on it that my mom bought from a client for a great deal. Unfortunately i wrecked her, though not too terribly. Im sure someone fixed it and had an awesome one of a kind car. They made tons of different specs for every car at gm back then, so there were at least ten models of just the Beretta, like the z26, z31, gt, gtu, gtx, gtz so on and on. The gtz was the top spec. Full body kitted, wide fenders, skirts, front and rear spoilers and ground effects, big aluminium wheels and brakes. The only thing was the sunroof. It was a real one. A solid glass slab, that was just there. No shade under it or anything. It would swing up or you could take it all the way out and it had a leather holster in the trunk. It was tinted but not enough. The sun would whoop your ass through it in summer here in Mississippi. Gm in the early 90s were out of control. This car is cooler than the other side of the pillow and they had a lot that were.
GM has overtime proved again and again that they were an engineering giant.
Unfortunately their bean counters typically destroyed it by cheapen it out prior to production...
Heavy equipment mechanic here and i can testify that r12 is VERY COLD, one of our old haul trucks had an r12 system and even on low it was unbearably cold!
This is how you know our boy Alex is a real car guy, bro copped the Oldsmobile. Mad respect 😎👌💯
Great video! Love the Olds! These engines are pretty cool for an early GM dohc. These engines are built off the 60 degree v6 family like the 2.8, 3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 3.9 push rod v6's. The 3.3l and 3.8l are a different 90 degree v6 engine family, no relation. Side note GM made another dohc v6 based on Northstar architecture for buick/olds the 3.5l "shortstar".
Just thought id let you know that I live in Elgin in scotland. Nice to know there is one on either side of the pond lol.
Coming from a Ex GM tech. That 3.4 X-engine was a nightmare. Especially the alternator.
Man your videos are so satisfying. mechanically restoring that beauty.
Watching this while waiting (forever) for a Saturday morning blood draw. So thankful I have a nice long video to keep me company!
Love it! I had a Cutlass Sierra S. I used to tell people the flags represented the countries it was banned from.
Alex, your mechanical skills are mind-blowing.
LSC SATURDAY!! let's goooo ☕ I've been waiting for this update video on the tear down of this ever since the last one pretty excited about this Saturday's video.
I’m not going to lie, I’ll Never take apart one of these engines, but your videos are just amazing to watch, maybe because they are mostly every day cars, or the detail you explained everything, your videos are my best watch BY FAR!
This thing is underrated.
Good job Alex :)! You were really blessed to get one of these in this condition :)! Those quick connect coolant pipe connectors usually disintegrated because of poor maintenance. I don't remember seeing one in this great condition. The coolant change we were told was because of dissimilar metal cavitation (aluminium and cast iron) and environmental issues disposing of the old green stuff. I am so impressed by the quiet injectors, wow :)! Never heard one that quiet! They used to make adapters for those a/c lines to convert to 134 but probably not so common anymore. Thanks for cleaning and painting everything - that drives me nuts watching other guys who just leave it dirty or rusted, lol! Not changing the orifice tube? Just curious :). The internet was open to the general public in '93 :)! Great work bro! This is an excellent 'time machine'... Ah ha! the proverbial invisible 10mm found :)!!! Yes, I did service some R12 systems that would put out air @ 35 degrees because of the old expansion valve systems. In all my conversions to 134 I don't remember one that matched the temps of R12.
The only thing worse than exotic cars are their owners.
Yeah, Alex is the worst
You have put me behind on my Saturday chores again. Talented, creative, instructional, funny, had me laughing with tears. My BF had a Z34 GM experiment that stayed in shop because of the head gaskets, which looks like the GM employee/owner had taken care of as well as other experimental issues. Love these performance GM variants. Cutlass & Grand Prix because of their interiors. I have to watch that GM service vid. Tint the rear quarter windows dark and the front passenger a 5-15% gold or blue tint that pull light tones, reflections of the sky also complimenting the Teal. One Wyotech grad's opinion.
Your excitement for this car is contagious. I think you should tint the windows as it was a common mod back in the day.
My dad and grandpa had the same car. My dad had literally the same car, 2 door, color, everything. My grandpa had a 4 door in red. I learned how to drive in that car. Seeing this car brought back a lot of memories I didn't know I needed to remember.
Alex, I just LOVE your videos! Your unrestrained joy is contagious.Makes me wish I had all of my old Cutlasses! Enjoy the drive.
You caught me, lol. I took a 1991 Gran. d Prix apart to replace the timing belt and crank seal. I was setting on my recliner saying exactly that, don't forget the 2 on the back. Lol. Love the videos, keep it up man.
Love how he pulls those little bolts out of the plate and holds them all in one hand just above the ports with valves wide open to the cylinder. Not that he ever drops anything in his videos.
That water pump had feeling like I was watching the I Do Cars channel.
You and Auto Auction Rebuilds having these Olds is pretty cool. Maybe a 1 time collaboration with these 2 ol cars? I read somewhere the "internet" first used in 68. Government communications
Gm took a 3.1 pushrod v6 and made it a tall, top heavy Dohc nightmare. Ford saw this and did the same to the 4.0 pushrod engine and made the disaster 4.0 sohc.
The pump comparison is car comedy gold! So true all of it!
84 minutes, its like a movie! Let me take my popcorn before starts!
The sound of the 3.4 is phenomenal! I could listen to that soundtrack forever.
My neighbors had a very similar car during this era. I always liked it, but you're confirming why!
Keep doing cool cars! I love this stuff.
I remember R12 being very cold and one of the original complains of 134a was it wasn't as cold. I also enjoy that you fixed the go before the stop cuz let's be real, going is way more important than stopping.
I think this aligns with my age but I am more interested in the 80s/90s than 60s/70s vehicles. I grew up thinking cars like this Olds are super cool so I find them much more interesting.
Do an experiment with the water pump. You can compare how good is the old water pump with the new one. I bet the old one has way better flow that the new one.
That said, that v6 SOUNDS SWEET!!!!! I want one sooo bad
Hey the Cutlass Sierra was technically the first car I had, so a Cutlass Supreme looks pretty nice. BRO HEADS UP DISPLAY? Ok this thing is pretty sweet.
I would tint with very light tint to keep sun from destroying interior and help with heat management on seats
October 18 is my father's birthday. My father (still alive, thank God) was celebrating his 45th birthday at the date of that time stamp. Thanks again Alex! I had no idea these cars were available with a manual transmission!
I had a 1999 Olds alero with the 3.4. Had to do head gaskets and intake gaskets. As they were notorious for leaking. I flushed the entire cooling system and changed from Dexacool to the regular green Coolant.
You’re supposed to have the freewheeling cam pulley’s loose with the camshafts locked in place so when you tension the belt there’s no slack on the drive side 👌🏻
Maybe get clear UV tint to save to interior. Also do the windshield to save the dash.
Legend has it, that when the Mercedes Benz sunroof grease runs out, Alex will go back to Italy and live alone on a mountain giving wrenching tips to the worthy mechanics who climb up to visit him
I replaced timing belt on a 92 Miata. Found a suggestion to cut old belt full length down middle with razor knife. Then pull off front part of cut belt off timing gears. Then slide new belt on front half of gears till it butts against old belt half. Then cut old belt off and push new belt fully onto gears and release tensioner. Worked perfect. Much faster than doing all the marking parts
That’s an interesting way of doing it!
I enjoy your channel BECAUSE it isnt unobtainable super cars. I enjoy seeing weird passion projects rather than click bait builds
Suggestion: buy 10mm sockets in lot-quantities and place a dispenser against the wall. You can just go to it every time a car eats a 10mm and it disappears to the Bermuda Triangle of tools.
Nice! I have a 02 Grand Am GT with a 3.4. I'm just a huge fan of older gm cars which makes this very interesting to watch 👍
Different 3.4
I'd LOVE to see you Dyno this in stock form. Just like getting tired of seeing exotics being repaired on other channels, it gets old seeing only those get dyno'd. Show us how this thing only makes like 180 wheel and don't feel bad about it! This is your time capsule car.
This continues to be the wackiest engine bay I’ve ever seen. A belt and chain… and you have to do the belt every 30k. Glad you love it, and it makes great videos.
That interior is the koolest! Great vid.
Loving this series. I had a 1991 Cutlass Supreme back in the day, miss it!
Watching this video is taking me back to my early 20s when I bought my 1991 Z34 Lumina. Same engine. The X motor. I have no idea why they gave it that nickname but what I do know is that not all Chevy dealers would work on this motor. I had to go to a specific dealer that had a tech that knew how to work on the motor. This is back before I started to wrench on my own cars so watching you take apart this engine has to be what the Checy techs did to my car when I would have to take it in for the stalling issue.
7/ 7G, as an employee of GM I spent quite some time as a team support operator, kind of a mobile repair team that moves with the line. The jobs on the line are rated for critical time of completion, or how much repair time there is before production has to stop for the repair. In my opinion I would say whatever 7 signifies was marked 7 as an incomplete job or improper torque, 7G verifies that it was repaired.
The Dex-Cool was designed to protect all the aluminum in the engine and heating system, the green was promoting electrolysis. (The older systems used cast steel and copper heater cores so it wasn't an issue until GM started moving to aluminum to save money)