I fell victom to the leaking upper intake manifold. I caught it right
away went I started the engine it missed slightly and I noticed the
coolant was low. I called the Buick dealer asking him about possible
problems. He told the intake gaskets were most likly the cause. (He
never said anything about the upper manifold failures.) I replaced the
upper and lower gaskets and went for a drive. Everything was good until
I was about a mile from home it started to miss and white smoke was
coming out the back. After calleing a biddy of mine who teaches auto
tech class he told me about the manifold problem. I flushed out the
engine again and installed the new upper manifold and gaskets. The
engine ran fine so i took it on another test drive. I had spilled some
oil and antifreeze on the engine so I went to the car wash and rinsed
it off. Afterr that everytime I slowed down it sounded like the belt
was squealing. When I got back I took the belt off and to my surprise
it stiill did it. Right noe i have the oil pan off and I am checking
the bearings. I will let you know what I find. Thanks, Mudbone