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Originally Posted by theragtopguy
I too had a 93 Cutlass Convertible with the 3.4 DOHC engine. I loved that car!! All leather interior, drove like a dream, had some real balls (for a six).
Only thing with that engine was the engineered-in oil leak that came from the dummy distributor shaft........you could not pull it out because the head was in the way. I had to grind a piece of the head away in order to get that damn dummy plug up about a quarter of an inch so I could stick an o ring on there and load it up with sealer.......never leaked again!!!!!
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A lot of intake manifold jobs were sold when it was really the dummy shaft seal. I really disliked a few of my coworkers at the time because they were blatantly ripping customers off. Remember, 2.8s, 3.1s, 3.4s and 3.4 DOHC engines all had it. I had a 3.1 in my 1990 Grand Prix STE. I never once had to do an intake reseal and drove that car to the crusher with 420000 kms on it. It was a great car. I do wish it had the 3.4 DOHC though.