1998 Chevrolet Malibu Engine cooling Problems

“I bought my 1998 chevy Malibu with 51,133 miles on it. It started to leak anti freeze shortly after I bought the car (73,753 miles). It ended up being a replacement of the camshaft sensor, replace water pump, replace rt.c.v shaft and replace seal sleeve. The EGR gasket was also replaced. The total cost of this repair was 874.52 labor and parts included.”

“The engine leaked coolant and oil from the block, which is not supposed to happen. My car then overheated on the road which LED to my coolant bursting out of the overfill tank. The engine then started to steam, and all the coolant laid there on the road. I was told by 3 different shops that it was the head gasket that needed to be replaced, which cost me $1000 in parts and labor.”

“Car developed a coolant leak from the intake manifold. I've searched and found this to be a common problem with these vehicles. Some sort of fault in the intake manifold gaskets. Gm informed me that because of the age and mileage on the vehicle they will not offer any assistance. Also the AC cycles off and on randomly, another problem common to these vehicles”

“The oil light came on one minute the next minute the car cut off. I had the car towed to curtis Chevrolet in washington, dc and was told that the engine seized due to the oil regulator and filter exploded. The car has only 57500 original miles, serviced mainly by curtis Chevrolet...oil recently changed by curtis yet I was told that to replace the engine would be $6,000. The car is currently considered totaled.”

“My car was leaking a clear fluid I took to a mechanic who said I needed to replace the intake manifold gasket and that he gets several GM cars a week with the same problem recommending I filed a complaint so that there might be a recall. There is definitely a gasket problem on GM vehicles.”