My Alero #2

[FlyingSpoon]

Here is some pics of my alero. I am sorry for the bad quality I couldn't find my camera and took these with my cell phone.

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Fell free to comment, and I will have more pics once I clean her and start the mods. Hoping to clear the corners this weekend if I have time.

[robalero]

nice area! love the car port type thing, greens not my color but its got low km's

[FlyingSpoon]

yeah not my favorite color either, I would prefer black but it is in good shape.

[JLw7123]

what happened to your first alero.

[FlyingSpoon]

I got side swiped and ended up going off the road and into a creek.

[JLw7123]

oh that sucks I like the green color.

[That01Olds]

Looks nice man. Personally I like that color.

[Thewolf]

Nice car man, the engine looks clean. Just one question, doesn't the temperature look a little above normal? Or is that normal for the 3400's?

[robalero]

thats way more then normal, heck mine has gotten slightly higher but then the fans kick in and its down to that again

[Thewolf]

I guess he's got to do a coolant flush before the meet. :p

[FlyingSpoon]

Was planning on flushing the coolant systen and replacing the resevoire asap.

[Thewolf]

Condition of car, cleanliness etc. are not as important

Ignore this comment. :lol: j/k

[Lucalare]

Nice car man, the engine looks clean. Just one question, doesn't the temperature look a little above normal? Or is that normal for the 3400's?

That's right about where mine runs when it's warm, and I don't have any problems.

Also nice car, I love the color, and very clean, it looks brand new, good find.

[Chris2000]

Am i seeing something or is the car blue not green?

[03Sleepr]

I'm seeing blue too...and thats about the temp mine runs

[robalero]

its a greenish blue but if your seeing pure blue you guys need new vid cards on your pc's lol

[colonel6632]

its actually both, i have the same color, and when it's washed and shiny, it's blue pearl green. nice and shiny in the sun she looks blue green, mines dirty and looks mostly green.

[colonel6632]

also, sell me your front and back bumper.... pretty please?

[sleepyalero]

that motor is REALLY clean dude, good buy!

[Cliff8928]

If I remember right, the color is "Tropic Teal".

[wrestlingandrunning]

Very clean car nice find!

[whiterider00]

looks good. i wish mine was half as clean. and some of you are saying the temp is way above normal? do the 6cyls really run that much cooler? my ld9 sits right at the half way line when its warm.

[sleepyalero]

mine does about the same. sometimes a little higher in really hot weather idk why

[Redog]

Looks good.

That's where mine ran before I put in the 180* thermo

[sleepyalero]

Looks good.

That's where mine ran before I put in the 180* thermo

i was thinking about getting a new thermo, how hard are they to do yourself? easy or?

edit - i found a how-to on how to do it... seems pretty difficult.. :/

oh also redog, where does the temp gauge sit now with your 180 thermo in? is it AC Delco? or different brand?

[Chris2000]

i was thinking about getting a new thermo, how hard are they to do yourself? easy or?

edit - i found a how-to on how to do it... seems pretty difficult.. :/

oh also redog, where does the temp gauge sit now with your 180 thermo in? is it AC Delco? or different brand?


Changing the thermostat is really easy on the ld9 its just a matter of patience for ten minutes. After you undo the two thermostat housing bolts crawl under your car and there is a tube that has a bracket attached to the (oil pan?) or something like that and you just unbolt that (make sure u have a gallon sized bucket sitting under the thermostat) and then you can pull the two apart, and let the coolant all drain out.

[Lucalare]

Changing the thermostat is really easy on the ld9 its just a matter of patience for ten minutes. After you undo the two thermostat housing bolts crawl under your car and there is a tube that has a bracket attached to the (oil pan?) or something like that and you just unbolt that (make sure u have a gallon sized bucket sitting under the thermostat) and then you can pull the two apart, and let the coolant all drain out.

I don't know what it is cause I've never worked on an LD9, but it's definitely not the oil pan. Oil/antifreeze mix = dead engine.

[FlyingSpoon]

Hey thanks for all the comments guys. I am just working on clearing the corners and was wondering what is the best type of adhesive to use. I have some silicone and some acrylic caulk. Would that work? or should I use something else?

[Chris2000]

I don't know what it is cause I've never worked on an LD9, but it's definitely not the oil pan. Oil/antifreeze mix = dead engine.

They don't actually mix :p . That bracket is just to support the bottom pipe of the thermostat housing so it stays up.

[Lucalare]

They don't actually mix :p . That bracket is just to support the bottom pipe of the thermostat housing so it stays up.

All right, cool. But having antifreeze in the oil pan is still asking for trouble. Especially since antifreeze sinks in oil.

[Greencoupe2.2]

does it have a new paint job looks way too good to be 7 years old, nice find, mine is the exact same color

[heineck]

w/e it is, im srsly considering shooting it on my coupe

[Greencoupe2.2]

the color is dark tropical metalic just touched up my quarter panells with it

[FlyingSpoon]

does it have a new paint job looks way too good to be 7 years old, nice find, mine is the exact same color


Not a complete new paint job but it has been touched up.

[hok666]

looks nice and clean