[Wildcatk23]

Hey Guys,

I drive a 2001 V6 3.8 Camaro. A Few days ago my engine starting leaking antifreeze into the oil. Now im not expecting any of you guys to be car experts. But if you could maybe give me a business or someone who you know that sells engines cheap or rebuilt i would greatly appreciate it.

[RunItUpTheGut]

Hey Guys,

I drive a 2001 V6 3.8 Camaro. A Few days ago my engine starting leaking antifreeze into the oil. Now im not expecting any of you guys to be car experts. But if you could maybe give me a business or someone who you know that sells engines cheap or rebuilt i would greatly appreciate it.

I had a 98 3.8 camaro. I literally went through complete **** with that thing. But, i loved it lol.
I bought a new motor for it the day after i bought it. BTW I had to go all the way to Georgia to have my new motor put in because nobody around here would mess with it. A lot of car places wont even attempt to work on a camaro so i had to take it to a camaro specialist. Costed me around 1400 for the new V6 motor down there after labor and gas hauling it and going there and driving back.
Now as for you problem. I would say you either have an intake gasket leaking and or a head gasket leaking. Most of the times when you have antifreeze leaking like that its one of the two. Its a cheap fix parts wise, but as far as the labor, youll run into some money depending on where you take it. I'm not sure where youre from so i wouldnt know where to tell you to go but I would say thats your problem.

[Wildcatk23]

I had a 98 3.8 camaro. I literally went through complete **** with that thing. But, i loved it lol.
I bought a new motor for it the day after i bought it. BTW I had to go all the way to Georgia to have my new motor put in because nobody around here would mess with it. A lot of car places wont even attempt to work on a camaro so i had to take it to a camaro specialist. Costed me around 1400 for the new V6 motor down there after labor and gas hauling it and going there and driving back.
Now as for you problem. I would say you either have an intake gasket leaking and or a head gasket leaking. Most of the times when you have antifreeze leaking like that its one of the two. Its a cheap fix parts wise, but as far as the labor, youll run into some money depending on where you take it. I'm not sure where youre from so i wouldnt know where to tell you to go but I would say thats your problem.

I'm counting on the Intake throttle thingy to be broken. A plastic peace known to go bad.

[RunItUpTheGut]

I'm counting on the Intake throttle thingy to be broken. A plastic peace known to go bad.

If its an intake gasket, the actual gasket only cost prolly 30 bucks. Getting it put in is where youll lose your money.

[Wildcatk23]

If its an intake gasket, the actual gasket only cost prolly 30 bucks. Getting it put in is where youll lose your money.

My neighbor is a mechanic and does most of my car work as long as i help him. Hes also my first cousin. Its not the gasket, There brand new. Something called a throttle body, idk, not sure.

[zaga_fan]

My neighbor is a mechanic and does most of my car work as long as i help him. Hes also my first cousin. Its not the gasket, There brand new. Something called a throttle body, idk, not sure.

Hmmm....
antifreeze in the oil is usually a blown head gasket in my experience.
Don't have a lot of experience though, lol

[RunItUpTheGut]

Hmmm....
antifreeze in the oil is usually a blown head gasket in my experience.
Don't have a lot of experience though, lol

Thats what i was thinking. 99% of the time that what would put out antifreeze into the motor and oil.
The throttle body just regulates the air intake into the engines combustion chamber.
It should between the intake manifold and the filter somewhere but i dont know why that would be putting antifreeze into your oil.
Im about a 100% certain that youll have to take the head of the motor off in order to find your leak.

[Wildcatk23]

Thats what i was thinking. 99% of the time that what would put out antifreeze into the motor and oil.
The throttle body just regulates the air intake into the engines combustion chamber.
It should between the intake manifold and the filter somewhere but i dont know why that would be putting antifreeze into your oil.
Im about a 100% certain that youll have to take the head of the motor off in order to find your leak.

Its a 6 hour job with a camaro. But ill be doing it tuesday.

[zaga_fan]

Its a 6 hour job with a camaro. But ill be doing it tuesday.

Yeah man....
those little cars like that are ridiculous.
You have to take the whole freaking car apart to do anything.
My Taurus is like that and the next vehicle I get will not require a days work to find a coolant leak lol.
It took me a whole day to find out I had a cracked reservoir...

[RunItUpTheGut]

Its a 6 hour job with a camaro. But ill be doing it tuesday.

Yea i had the entire 3800 motor that i had tore apart from top to bottom. Camaros there self are extremely frustrating to mess with.
I loved mine but it was a head ache for the 3 years i had it.

[Ballers]

The way to tell if it is indeed a headgasket, water o antifreeze will come out of your exhaust. Eventually your car will overheat too. If you let it get too hot, might as well by a new motor/used motor. I had a 98 cavalier I thought the world of, I gave it **** but I loved that car. Put around 100k miles on it. Had another engine put in it, and still did the same thing. Have to be careful about who you get to work on your car that's for sure.