Idle problem

[Exit9alero]

my aleros been acting weird lately i turn it on and i notice its idle at 1 1/2 k so im thinkin wow ussually idles at 8 or 9 hundered i also had problems starting it twice and noticed it has been smoking white smoke ppl tell me its the oil but i changed it 1 month ago and it has good oil (mobil one) so idk wut to do and the check engine light turns on once and awhile so im confused some one tell me was goin on

[jackal2000]

go check your oil right now and tell us if it full. then open your coolant resevoir, look at the part of it that goes into the resevoir and see if there is a chocolatey/milky substance on it.

from my experience white smoke = coolant and bluish smoke = oil.

[Exit9alero]

jea the coolant reserve is a chocolate milky chunky i had like whiped some off i had put a lil more in idk if it helped or made things worse but my oil is good ive only rode on it for 1k yesterday so im good on that do u think its the coolant

[alerored04]

you are screwed, your lower intake manifold gasket is going if you have a chocolate milk shake under the coolant cap. Take it to your mechanic and have him look at it if you dont feel up to tearing the motor apart yourself to fix it. It is a serious problem that needs to be fixed, search lower intake manifold gasket and you will find all the info you need. Good luck, oh and i think the average cost of fix is like $600. Hope i didnt ruin your day.

[Exit9alero]

dammm there nothing i can do to prevent this -600 lol? dammm so ur sayin i have to replace the intak manifold?

[alerored04]

intake manifold gasket, its a $30 part that is giving you all this trouble, all of the expense is in the labor costs to switch it. If you have a mechanic friend i suggest you call him. This happened to my brother, he ignored me and thought it would be ok to put a lot of miles on and he ended up blowing the motor. You can drive it that way just not for very long, since you already have the milkshake that means your gasket is in rough shape. but just be aware of the problem.

I forgot, if you want you could buy yourself some time by getting a bottle of bars leaks head gasket sealer to help seal up the gasket until you can afford to get it fixed, and do a radiator flush, you will have to do that with the bars leaks, but it will buy you a little time.

[alero440]

Yeah Its serious like a heart attack. Of you like your car and want to drive it for a long time, get that fixed. Mine was around $500 to fix.

[ptrudel]

Yeah Its serious like a heart attack. Of you like your car and want to drive it for a long time, get that fixed. Mine was around $500 to fix.

you also work at a dealership and get cost on everythin :p

[Exit9alero]

jea ma mechanic sed 550 and he'll flush out any of it getin n e where so i guess im gettin an ok deal but im mad that gm did this to us i was noticing that my car takes long!! too cool down and wen i sit at a light the temp rises a lil but wen i drive it drops but jea im definitly goin to get that fixed bcuz i like the car its unique in a way i like being the different one with a nice car thats not a civic lol