When the GM manual instructs you to "fashion a loop of wire", you know you're in trouble.

I laughed like hell when furhead swore at the car

That garage door sounds like a whining dog. Instead of replacing the sensor, you could wire up a potentiometer on the dashboard and make your own manual adjustment of what temperature the ECU thinks the coolant is!

Thanks for the update dude (btw I'm anxious to see when/if the Even Bigger Green Piece Of Junk will see the road again).

Glad to hear the Buick is doing better than before. The component that's below the throttle at 3:51 is, in fact, the Idle Air Control (IAC Valve), which, correct me if I'm wrong, regulates the air to gas ratio. If the gas is higher than the air in the ratio, it could produce the bad odor (gassy smell). I replaced the IAC valve on my car since it was on the fritz, but idles without issues (better safe than sorry), changed the air filter for the engine (found a leaf in the compartment), and my car did have an oil burning smell (ended up being the PCV Valve), and smells better than before. My car ended up needing new motor mounts (sounded like a rocket in drive), cam sensors (takes 2 of them; took forever to start), and the crank sensor (timing was off, and would stall) to get the car running again. Now to get the cruise control working again and fix the intermittent ABS/Trac off/SVS issue. My car has over 94,700 miles on it, still runs like new (quiet as well).

Glad to hear the Buick's almost back to normal! I drive a 1990 LeSabre myself. Wonderful cars.

Bill, I just replaced one on my 88. Use a 3/4 deep well on a swivel. Go in from under the throttle plate. Use a light duty adhesive to keep the sensor in the socket. It wont be easy but Thats how I got mine. If you can keep it on a 3/8 socket cool but I did it with a 1/2.

Tilled up the garden ? That means planting is not far around the corner. William I watch your videos strickley for for the Spring scenes now. I noticed a Robin in the background at the start of your video. Here in NB Canada we received another blast of winter overnight which has replaced any snow melt progress. There remains several feet of snow on my garden to date. I look forward to watching the garden harvest videos. By that time I anticipate tilling my own garden.

Interesting to know your results. I will keep that in mind. Technical writers determine those instructions, and it is often possible to cheat and R&R in an easier fashion. I know because I wrote repair and overhaul manuals for diesel and aircraft turbine engines. Keep going! Cheers

If you haven't already done so, I suggest going over all the sensors you can and verifying their operation in a similar manner, based on whatever charts are available. If the info is lacking, I think all the temperature sensors most likely use the same resistance scale. I'm pretty sure this is true at least on my 86 60V6 GM. Also make sure the 5v reference going from the ECM to some of the sensors is on spec. Basically, try to check out the sensors/electrical system as comprehensively as you can. It's not too unlikely to have multiple things operating out of spec with an old vehicle. But replacing that faulty CTS should make a world of difference.

That 3800 v6 was used in the early 90s Holden Commodores in Australia! Mine has the later v6 but the buick v6s were awesome!

Tell the keykeeper to lose the key to the Buick and make Furhead walk around with that jeep door always over his shoulder :), oh and oil the Garage Door !, whoop whoop ! great vid dude :)

I do hope that the Caddy is still resting Comfortly in there.

thanks man awesome video as always keep em coming

Things that need oiling benefit long-term from a spray can of MotorKote lubricant. As an example, my daughter borrowed her brother's Ford PU, and I needed under the hood to fix something. I discovered a reluctance to close and latch. Sprayed the stuff on the spring and latch. Son asked me what I had done because his buddy had the same Ford problem. Voila!

Absolutely live the 3.8 engine !

I think GM topped an Audi/VW service manual on that repair procedure. Just needs a random "special tool" requirement that you fashioned from duct tape (since the real one cost more than the car to buy), and the phrase "installation is the reverse of removal" as the last step. For future reference, running rich like that almost always demands a check of the coolant temperature sensor. You can likely get away without draining the coolant (unless it needs to be changed anyway), I'm sure no other mechanic bothers.... even at the dealer! Has the old GMC been converted to a planter yet? Plenty of places to hang plants too.

YAY!! Bizzarefurhead has a new Rear Window! =D

Excited for hopefully more vehicle videos coming soon!

Is it Welsh or Walsh motors? Love the videos....keep em coming especially the automobile related ones.

Stuck, clogged or just plain shot IAC valve/motor is probably the likely culperate to the other issue. The most ideal location for a CTS GM could have ever conceived of. Guess they thought the car would be turned into a refrigerator before that sensor went bad :)

For a quality vehicle, I highly suggest a Nissan, and an older one (2005) at that. We had a 2005 Pathfinder SE and it worked extremely well until my father towed a 2006 Outback camping yrailer with it in overdrive. That said, I do not tecommebd trying it for yourself, as it will cause the transmission signifigand (and expensive, possibly irreplacebly so) damage and cause serious jitters at around 40-60mph on the open road. We ended up getting a 2015 Toyota 4Runner Trail (were going to get a TRD Pro, but mother said no, so trail it is). So far it is holding up well enough.

I really like the way the hood opens up on that Buick LeSabre. On my Buick Century it opens like pretty much every other car out there. Because of this video, I'm tempted to do a better video of my car than what I did before. Anyhow, I'm curious to know why you have so many cars and how you got them. I'm trying not to be rude, but I'm curious. Is it like you and computers? I'm like that too, I have lots of computers and I grab them when ever I can. I'm hoping to grab a Power Macintosh 7600 tomorrow.

Funny how many disrespected me for saying it was the coolant temp sensor in a previous vid.;now look who was lying to the Walsh's ?

Thats good you found the problem the coolant temp sensor is kind of important sensor and fairly cheap just not always in the nice spot to change always ive had change few here lately one in my Dodge Ram 1500 you had hold it to the floor to get it to start but would run alright but now starts fine after changing that sensor and my newer ford explorer 03 had a check engine light come on and say it was failing

do you know if the keykeeper is going to do a video on the Pontiac?

I'd be half-tempted to abandon the old sensor and try to thread the new one in somewhere else!

think the garage door might need a little oil : P

Yeah i am very happy to hear the Pontiac again so what is the keykeeper plans to do with the Pontiac? And first comment yeah!!

Where can I get that manual? When I look up Genuine GM manuals I only get Chiltons or Haynes. I want to get that manual. My Buick is having a wiring issue somewhere. The Brown and white stripe wire from cam sensor to ICM is putting out 10 volts- problem is that is signal wire from the cam sensor! Shouldn't it have no signal until sensor is plugged and and passes over the cam magnet? Thank you for the video and your help. You got a new subscriber

7:16 or so. Not the garage door, that's fine. What computer is that sitting on the floor with the keyboard atop it?

That was the garage door squeaking? I just assumed that it was 'furhead.

Why won't keykeeper get another Ignition Switch at the junk yard where they still have one, and why is EBGPOJ is still in the garage?

WOOOOOH FIRST COMMENT btw oil your garage door ;)

You say ur in illinois? if so, im in yorkville, how far would u say u r away? cuz i wanna meet u in person

You're damn right the coolant sensor acts like a joke so the cars Computer give its self a little extra fuel and starts up because the sensor sends really cold weather or the opposite side because the sensor isn't connected. I type this on 3:32. Oh and I'm from Holland. Google speech has been used stovepipe its not that cold anymore I need to find another funny greetings

Around what time of year do you usually bring the sofa out of hibernation?

what ever happens to this car and did you get rid of it? and did you ever get it running and what are you going to do with this buick in the future

What's that extension cord doing there in the middle of the garage door?

I'm not like the other commenters, I'm not going to mention you needing to oil that garage door. ;)

Ahh so you connected a 100k pot to the computer end and twiddled it untill the computer was almost happy, sort of lol :D I did expect a power breaker to jump out when you closed the door on that mains cable, well it looks like a mains cable :D Ahh bfh, nuttyer than a squirrels belly he he :D

prob easier to fix then the new cars today

*SQUEEK* Why is the Caprice not shown in a *recent* video? I miss that whale!

What happened to the old Ford truck; how come it is dead?

May look in throttle body , may need cleaned , and the iac .

how many vehicle do you own in all just wondering

Hey, how's Furhead's Buick doing?

well I was going to leave a comment ( as i rarely do ) but that sqeeking garage door threw off my chain of thought and made me forget which comment I was going to make...

Yes, -40°F = -40°C.

the complexity (and Component Inaccessability) of cars usually mirrors the personality of the engineer that designed it. more than once, I've wanted to find the Engineer that designed the aformentioned Inaccessable Component, and then proceed to bash his head in with his own badly designed part!

@ 7:16 I see a very interesting Hewlett-Packard computer hiding for saftey...... I hope its not going to get run over by one of those nasty Jeeps.. :)

Ford is # 1... from the beginning to we will see... Ford I can tell you plays No games... They are a good partner.... We should move Fordward from here on out... I think I made my case study...

Comment about garage door here

OIL THE GARAGE DOOR!!!!

After my sisters experience with a Ford, they are not in my good books. She had a Ford Puma (stupid little sporty piece of junk) Heater didn't work, cigarette lighter? Nope, Radio? It did after she found the damn code, Tyres? bald as a baby's butt, front wheel bearing gone, doors that didn't close properly, and that was just the obvious problems, we didn't get to dig deeper because she took it out one day and it just randomly quit on her, would not start at all. I did tell her the badge on the hood was the problem but she didn;t like my sense of humour. lol

I get a big kick outa the humour in rhe vid. Just emptying every pocket is about right for jeeps i just thought of another gmc thing. Grandparents motor car . Gotta say the pg13 not quite lol i laughed so much

"Shit" is PG level actually...LOL...i've heard "shit" in PLENTY of PG movies, it just depends on how many times its said :)

Oil your garage door