Cold start of a 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera International Series

[@jcarle1001]

Was the 1st car I ever had, didn't know how rare it was. Been looking for one for the past 10years

[@StepsWay]

I happen to have a fairly clean 88 cutlass Ciera XC here in Northern California. Willing to make a sell or trade. Only 95k miles original 3.8l v6 motor. Runs like a champ even does burnouts lol.

[@ejd1984]

I had bought a '88 burgundy International series coupe new. At 125k miles, I gave it to my dad and he actually got it to nearly 300k till the torque converter died. I still miss that car to this day. Was phenomenal.

[@waylangoddard7178]

Love that steering wheel and guage cluster. Wish my 95 Cutlass-Ciera had that style. Mine has the "brick" steering wheel (with air bag) and a guage cluster with a giant speedo but no tach.

[@SpaZZcoCanada]

I loved this chasis. sounds like a mass air issue.

[@DA90027]

I have a 1985 Ciera Hess & Eisenhardt Convertible with the great 3.8 which is one of the best engines GM made in the 80's and 90's. Great on gas and lots of power.

[@DavidAndre657]

Cold start of a 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera International Series. It has a 3.8 fuel injected V6. Runs very rich and rough when cold.

[@AdrianWaitemusic]

How many miles? While its still running, i would suggest changing the camshaft chain and pulley. Mine blew all its teeth at approx. 200,000 miles. They used a nylon gear on the camshaft and they just wear over time. Otherwise, great car! Lors of jam and grst handling. Best handling car ive ever owned. I miss mine a lot.

[@wranglersnmt]

Sadly I sold mine to a friend for super cheap that needed wheels. Shortly thereafter the timing chain let go, car only had 88k on it. They scrapped it!

[@AdrianWaitemusic]

@@wranglersnmt the timing chain wasn't even that hard to replace. A buddy and I did it in a few hours and she was back on the road. Those old 3.8's were nearly bulletproof, except for that and throttle position sensors. I could get those cheap at a wrecker, though.

[@wranglersnmt]

@@AdrianWaitemusic Agreed 100%, made me sad when I found out they just junked it.

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

mine did the same backfire and crap running too, its now sitting in the yard because it kept dying while driving.

[@thelemonwaterchroniclespodcast]

What’s the rest of the car look like. !!!??? I love and miss that sound.

[@المهندسالعراقي-ط8و]

This problem in rpm its the same of it in my car and the the problem solved by change the idel speed control . because it responsible of idel speed

[@pablotorres1931]

What is the performance of city and highway fuel your oldsmobile

[@chrislemaster2695]

Do you want to sell it? Benn looking for one for 20 years.

[@wranglersnmt]

It now resides in a salvage yard in Ronan, MT

[@Underappreciatedclassics]

wranglersnmt why!? :

[@pedrob.1776]

I got one Tucson az

[@paulstclair2894]

I’ve got a similar problem and I think it’s the mass air flow sensor cus when I was tricking the carb with the air flow sensor it idled and ran good with no stalling, idk if that’s ur problem but it might help

[@donedoofus123]

I have one as well and it idols rough and the rpms drop when you hold it at 2500, did you ever fix the issue?

[@donedoofus123]

It was the MAF replaced it and it runs perfectly

[@brixtonwa]

Missoula plates!! Awesome

[@sybmea1774]

I need a ecm prom for 89 oldsmobile cutlass ciera

[@BrandonMucklow]

Did you ever have problems with this cars tachometer? I've got the exact same car, and my tach does not read properly.

[@Hammer0165]

Brandon Mucklow I had that on my Ciera, it has to do with a resistor in the tach that fails. You can easily bypass it. Check a-body.net for a guide.

[@dtoy1809]

Will that gauge cluster fit my 87 century

[@ejd1984]

I doubt it. The divisions had designed different instrument panels, and the mounting holes may not line up.

[@chrisridel152]

Is this the factory gauge cluster?

[@wranglersnmt]

Yes

[@chrisridel152]

@@wranglersnmt It looks like it would fit in my 83 Cutlass dash...interesting. Know of any swaps like that?

[@vlaramconnamory]

if you still have this car that is a gas problem and it needs a tune up the right way.

[@albertoespinoza6332]

En cuanto me sale una dirección de un cuttlas modelo 89

[@tonebonebgky2]

Fix it and run it again

[@wranglersnmt]

Sadly scrapped years ago by the person I sold it to.