Oldsmobile Silhouette

Bad news for you,the silhoute came out with bad head caskets i had to have mine replaced on my 2002 which only had 75000 miles on it cost $1600.00,gm would not make any of it good,gm mechanic said came out new with bad caskets but gm never put a recall on them.Canada has law suite against gm for this,will be my last gm product

If it's not leaking, try this. Find a small wooden rod, dowel rod, broom handle, and place on the outer side of the pump as the engine is running. MAKE SURE you don't get it in the fan or it slips off into the fan. Hold it to the pump, hold other end to your ear. If you don't hear a smooth turning of the bearings, your pump needs replaced. You should just hear a humming noise of a turning bearing.

We replaced ours and it cost 21.95 for a lifetime water pump.....My husband replaced it by himself...

ÊUsing a screwdriver, remove the screws from the center console panel.Pull the panel off,use the screwdriver to remove the screws holding the radio in place, pull the radio out and remove any wiring connections.Ê

Your erg valve is installed upside down and backwards. The same thing happend to me.

You can not rest the light it will shut off only when the problem is located and fixed the most common problem for these models is that the fuse will blow due to over heating if that is not bad then it is the wheel hub sensor it will go bad on either of the front wheels they were only equiped with frront wheel ABS as with most GMC front FWD vehichles so.......

1. Check the fuse if blown change it.

2. Check the wire harness going to the hubs.

3. Remove the rotor & caliper and look at the acceluration wheel on the ABS assembly, If damaged replace.

4.Last if all is good on that front remove your power brake booster (ONLY IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF LOSE OF BRAKE FLUID FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER) and check the vaccum and for leaking within the boosters housing.

5. hopefully that will fix it

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I would suspect the switch. I had a 1992 Transport (little brother to Silhouette) with exactly the same problem, I have the Hayes repair manual with schematics, and was eventually able to trace it to a broken (open circuit) tan wire from the rhs switch back to the drivers door. I never did find the break or bad connection, but was able to drive the window up by touching a ground wire to the tan wire terminal on the back of rhs switch. You can NOT leave the ground on or the drivers switch will short the +12v to ground and blow it. If you want more info, email me rob@syn.ca

Fuel filter is located on driver's side of the vehicle midway between the front and back wheels along the rail. The filter can be changed with either the special factory tool or a set of needle nosed pliers to compress the plastic ears and pull the hoses off. There is a single screw holding the filter assembly to the body of the vehicle. Takes less than 15 minutes once you have the van on ramps.

whic is your problem with the sliding door? I have a old sil 99 and I need to change all completely motor and mechanism, I got in a yonke here on Mexico.

There should be a strap at the rear bottom base of the seats. Pull this strap and tip forward. The seats will lift out.

The air filter unit is situated on top of the engine, so locate this unit in the vehicle. Remove the air filter cover by undoing the fasteners that keep it attached. Be sure to keep the fasteners so that the cover can be reattached later. Remove the old air filter. Clean the air filter housing. Discard the old filter and place the new filter inside the car. Replace the cover over the new air filter, being sure to replace all the fasteners. The filter should be changed every 30,000 miles, or about once a year.

You need to drain the system, the drain valve is located on lower driver side of the radiator. When the system is dry, shut the valve and fill the radiator with new coolant. Fill until the coolant runs out the top, fill the overflow tank to cold mark.

Start the engine and let it warm up until the thermosat opens. Standing in front of the vehicle there is a small bleed valve located on the right just above the thermostat open it until the coolant comes out and shut it back off. Located on the left of the engine just above the water pump is another bleed valve, do the same with it. You may have to do this two or three times before you have all the air out of the system.

No, not without removing the door panel to gain access to the motor unit.

This is difficult to do. it is located on the top of the engine on the right side. If you remove the air breather box first it will give you some room to work but the back bolt on the thermostat is really difficult to get out due to lack of room to move the wrench. it takes several hours lots a patience.

It is located under the black air breather on the driver's side.

On July 3, 2008 I was quoted $120 to change one oxygen sensor on a 98 Silhouette. Since the part is probably around $80, I would guess $40 is for labor. This is in Texas. Gary

That indicates the engine temp is running to low: the computer should give a check engine light and often the temp gauge will not work either. you need to replace the thermostat

under the hood of the van,there is as under hood fuse box,its in there!

the fuse box is located on the passenger side open door and will see end of dash and the main is under hood on the passenger side above battery

Pull the trans bold just like the oil pan bolt. Drian it out undo all the trans pan bolts drop the pan pull the trans filter replace it with a new one and put it all back together and fill her up.

In the 1997 it is under the hood.On the left hand side of the fuse box . It is directly under a little silver piece. To reset door you must remove fuse (red 10 volt0 for 1 min then replace. In another minute your door will be reset. Also will need to reset your radio time.

The low side service port is located behind the generator and beneath it. Follow the sepentine belt to the generator and look below the belt close to the fire wall. Find an aluminum pipe with a valve cap. The red cap close to the radiator is the high side.

If you intend to keep your vehicle's engine clean, change it every time you change your oil. The filter holds the dirt your engine generates. Hence the dark color of your oil as it ages and is pumped through your engine. Dirt is dirt. Get it out.

It sounds as though the wiper arm that controls the wipers is attached backwards. I would call a mechanic and have the wiper motor taken off and put back on.

The wiper park arm on these cars are prone to failure.you will probably need a new one.Its attached directly to the wiper motor.If you are mechanically inclined you could probably change it yourself.You need to remove the wiper motor/wiper transmission from the car.the park arm is held onto the motor with one bolt on a splined shaft,they are difficult to syncronize correctly so make sure when you remove the old arm you note its position so you can line the new one up correctly