Hey guys, i'm exited to have joined. i just bought my 1995 Pontiac Bonneville with 175,000 miles last month for $350 and it is going good. she was sitting for a year when i got her, ran real rough and got worse. but she runs good now. the spark plugs where original and where pretty bad and one cylinder was not firing. so far i have changed the oil, oil filter, trans oil and filter, air filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, front break pads and rotors (I have the stuff to do the rear drums and shoes when i can), serpentine belt, harmonic balancer, rear speakers and radio (nether of them worked), and one coil pack.

i plan on replacing the water pump as it is leaking coolant and seems to be coming from there as coolant is getting on the belt and it flings coolant every where.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB, be sure to inspect the leak carefully cause there are plastic elbows that like to leak and can be mistaken for w/p leaks.

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poverty forces one to do unorthodox things

2000 SSEi
past rides:
1996 SSEi
1992 GTP
1987 Grand Am

when i get the new water pump in i plan on flushing and changing the coolant before i change the pump. i also have to get new tires sense they are dated from 2005 and where sitting for a year.

i for got to say that i had to replace the belt tensioner and i replaced the plastic elbow with an aluminum one.

Welcome! Looks like you're slowly bringing her back to life. Not a bad deal!

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-Car Guy Carl
"Penelope" - 2003 SLE - 247k Miles
"Sydney" - 2000 Honda S2000 - 98k miles