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Buick Riviera

This category covers questions about the Buick Riviera, a full-sized luxury coupé manufactured by General Motors and sold through its Buick division. The Riviera was produced from 1963-1999.

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How do you change the harmonic balancer on a 1989 Buick Riviera?

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The easiest way and the best way to prevent damage is to remove the tire, splash shield and accessory belts then remove the harmonic balancer bolt using the special holding tool DenLors 648796. The balancer or crank pulley will then slide off fairly easy, then reverse this procedure to install the replacement pulley.

Ok, regardless if you are working on the 1.5 or the 1.6 it's a pain in the you know what. The bolt is on very very tight and requires a special tool for ease that is made just for Honda harmonic balancers It holds the balancer in place while you turn the bolt use a large steel pipe or breaker bar with an IMPACT SHALLOW 6 point socket and break it loose. I've only seen a few impact wrench guns that could turn this over torqued bolt. Just DONT break the bolt.. You will be upset...$$$$$

You first need to lift the car off the ground like your changing the tire(get it on a cherry picker if you can for easier access). Take the tire off, loosen the tensioner on the alternator, and get the belt off. Take a 11/16"ths shallow 1/2" socket and a 14" or larger steel pipe for torque because this bolt is very very tight and can easily break your tool. There are a few impact guns to take it off.

According to my manual you can push a large screw driver in a hole near where the speedo cable connects to the gear box to lock the flywheel. I found I had to remove a small bolt to get the hole large enough to fit the screw driver in. A small piece of casing broke and it became very easy to lock the flywheel. The bolt came undone with a socket and a 30 in bar. I don't think the missing casing is going to make any difference.

How do you remove a radio from 91 Riviera?

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you have to take off the front cover of dash witch means u will have to take off the cover under the lil over hang part and the screws from the sids of the dash and u will have to pull the climate control out witch is just a few screws near the rear of the c.c. and then there are i think 4 or 5 screws that hold the radio bracket in then one net on the rear of that bracket that holds the radio i give it a 3-10 on a difficulty scale but that is me i did mine in about 2.5 hours but i had to mod some parts cuz i bought the wrong ones

How do you remove a starter from a 1990 Buick Riviera?

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In my '86 Park Ave. 3.8 the starter was just behind the bottom of the rad in the front of the car. In my case I could start the car from the starter but not the ignition then later found out it was not enough cranking power in the battery. Remember when lifting your car to change the starter block both back wheels, front-wheel drive will roll,try battery 1st but starter is not too difficult to change.

How do you remove a power antenna from a 1998 Buick Riviera?

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If the antenna is stuck up, push it down as far as you can. Then pull back the carpet panel inside the trunk. Take off the wiring plug. You will need a flat screwdriver to push the tabs in on the connector to unplug it. Unbolt and unscrew the unit off of the bracket. Once it is loose, you can pull it through the rubber grommet on the car. If the antenna is too long to be able to pull the unit through into the trunk, just cut the antenna off. Your replacing it anyway.

Good luck!

How do you replace the drivers side low beam light bulb in the headlight of a 1995 buick?

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This is easy, especially since I have the same car and have done this myself. After opening the hood, you must remove the lid to the air filter housing. To do this, loosen the hose clamp from the end of the air intake hose connected to the air box and remove the air intake hose. Then pull the plastic locking tabs inward and lift them from their slots. After lifting the tabs, slide the lid until the other end is free. Now that the lid is removed you shoujld have better access to the headlight bulb. First make sure your headlights are not on, unplug the socket from the bulb and twist the bulb until it is free to pull out. Once you have removed the old bulb replace it with the new one in the reverse order. Be sure not to touch the bulb with your bare skin or get it dirty. Headlight bulbs produce extreme heat and the oils from your skin will burn into the glass and cause the bulb to rupture in a matter of minutes. If you do touch the bulb by accident, wipe it off with rubbing alcohol and a lint free cloth to clean it.

What is the firing order for a Buick LeSabre 6 cylinder?

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As you fail to mention year and engine size, I will assume it is a 3.8 V6. Firing order for the 3.8 is 1-6-5-4-3-2

How do you replace a rear tire bearing?

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rear ryhits bearing

Where is the security sensor located at in 1997 Buick Riviera The security light usually blinked on and off when getting in the car now it will blink and then stay on and the car will not start until?

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Usually in the ign lock cylinder if you have the VATs type key with the resistor in the key. The wires attached to the key lock cylinder often break. If you have the "pass key" type without the little resistor chip then it is different. But it also usually involves removing the key lock cylinder.

Service engine soon light on a 1989 Buick Riviera?

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A service engine soon light is a generic indication that something, somewhere is wrong with the car.

Many mechanics, service centers and auto parts stores will diagnose the problem for free. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Take your car to a repair shop and have them diagnosis the problem. If you read and paid attention to the first sentence it will save you money. Yes, some parts houses will tell you what the code is to sell you parts but that does NOT mean that is what is needed to repair the problem. It could be as simple as a vacuum leak. The price of the diagnostics is worth getting it right the first time.

What runs off the cigarette lighter fuse on a 1989 Riviera?

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I don't know if this would help, but maybe. I just had the same problem on my 1996 Rivera. In my case, there are two main fuse boxes located under the back seat. On your model they may be located somewhere else. AT any rate, I replaced the 30 AMP fuse in one of the boxes and my cigarette lighter started working again. The funny thing is I went to ALLdata & subscribed for $25 per year, well worth it, to get the fuse layout & callouts. My situation was the pwr fuel cap actuator & the trunk release actuator, would not operate, so I couldn't put in gas or open the trunk, as this operated from the door handle console. Once I replaced this fuse, the situation was every thing worked including my cigarette light. Of all the callouts on the fuses, not one called out for "cigarette lighter" Gil Raker

Where is the fuel trim sensor on a 1995 Buick Riviera?

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No such thing as a "fuel trim sensor". Where did you come up with that? Fuel trim is a computer adjustment based on O2, MAF, ECT, TPS and other sensors.

How do you install front speakers in 1992 Riviera?

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You will need to remove the inside door panel, to do this you will need a couple screw drivers a Phillips and a torx bit set then you will also need a small pry bar for the plastic retainer clips that secure the bottom of the pannel to the door. once you remove all the screws you will need to pull the pannel free from the door at the bottom of the pannel, this is where thee small pry bar comes in. then to remove the pannel after its free from the retainer clips and screws you simply lift up on the door panel and pull it off, be sure to unplug all electric switches that are on the door so you don't pull the wires out of the plugs. once the panel is off there will be your speakers mounted to plastic frames/spacers you want to keep the frame/spacer for the new speakers and be sure to leave the plastic sealed to the door frame after you install new speakers. this helps reduce outside road noise inside the car and also helps act as speaker boxes to optimize the sound from your new speakers. you can look up stereo wiring diagram online to find out what wires are positive+ and negative-. you will need to cut the plug off the wires from factory speaker plug and replace with female wire plug 14-16 guage awg. this will ensure good connections to the speakers, loose wires will cause distortion and that can ruin a speaker fast it can also make sure the speakers work everytime you turn on the radio and wont cut out when you hit bumps or turn corners.

hope this helps, good luck.

Where is the crankshaft sensor located on a 1996 Buick Riviera?

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The camshaft sensor is behind the water pump pulley and the crank sensor is mounted just above the crank pulley(dynamic balancer). If the crank sensor is bad . The car will simply DIE. If the cam sensor is bad it will simply not have sequential injector firing and driveability and MPG will be affected.

BOB

Answerwhen the water pump pulley is removed you can see a sensor with 3 wires going to it at the top side of the crank shaft pulley. you might be able to see it with a flashlight and a mirror without removing anything. hope that's the right sensor.

How many lug nuts does a 1969 Buick Riviera have?

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20 (twenty, total)...5 (five) per tire

What sea is on the french riviera?

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Mediterranean Sea

How do you remove button on your rear view mirror on your 1998 Buick Regal?

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I'm trying to repair my rear view mirror on my 1998 Buick Regal but need information on how to remove the button on the mirror attachment.

How do you remove the factory CD player from a 1995 Buick Riviera?

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remove the face panel , it snaps in , under the CD palyer are 2 screws, remove then , pull it out and detatch the 2 wire pigtales

Where is the condensation drain for air coditioner on 1995 riviera?

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mine, on an 1995 buick park avenue, is about one foot in from the front right tire.

it is definitely hard to see without a lift!

Where you can get a vacuum hose routing diagram for a 1983 Buick Riviera?

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Many cars have the diagrams for vacuum hose routing on a sticker somewhere either on the underside of the hood or in the engine compartment somewhere. If none exists, you'll need a manual for the car to see the complete routing.

www.autozone.com has vacuum hose diagrams for all vehicles.

How do you remove a hubcap from a 1983 Buick Riviera?

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Use a flat head screw driver and pop the middle of the hub cap out which will be that thing in the middle with the symbol at then take deal in the glove box and put in the middle turn left or right and after that take the jack and pop it off