New to me Caddi
#1
12-30-2007, 10:18 PM
New to me Caddi
Hi everyone,
Im new to the forum and just inherited my first Cadillac. Its a 1985 Fleetwood Brougham. Ive been trolling the forum reading posts about the car and frankly Im worried. It seems that theres nothing good to be said about the HT4100 engine the car has and no way to really remedy any of its inherent problems. I love the car being as it belonged to my grandfather but its my only transportation right now and Im concerned about reliability. Ive gathered so far that a complete tune up is going to be required before I start driving it. Coolant,Oil,Plugs,Wires,Belts,Hoses,Thermostat,Fil ters,? Am I missing anything? The car hasent been driven more than 10 miles at a time or over 25 MPH for nearly a decade. The last thing I want to do is drive it for a week and have it blow up. If theres something you can think of that I didnt mention please let me know so I dont ruin this car. Thanks.
Im new to the forum and just inherited my first Cadillac. Its a 1985 Fleetwood Brougham. Ive been trolling the forum reading posts about the car and frankly Im worried. It seems that theres nothing good to be said about the HT4100 engine the car has and no way to really remedy any of its inherent problems. I love the car being as it belonged to my grandfather but its my only transportation right now and Im concerned about reliability. Ive gathered so far that a complete tune up is going to be required before I start driving it. Coolant,Oil,Plugs,Wires,Belts,Hoses,Thermostat,Fil ters,? Am I missing anything? The car hasent been driven more than 10 miles at a time or over 25 MPH for nearly a decade. The last thing I want to do is drive it for a week and have it blow up. If theres something you can think of that I didnt mention please let me know so I dont ruin this car. Thanks.
#2
12-31-2007, 01:03 AM
RE: New to me Caddi - 1985 Fleetwood Brougham
ORIGINAL: bigboi85
Hi everyone,
Im new to the forum and just inherited my first Cadillac. Its a 1985 Fleetwood Brougham. Ive been trolling the forum reading posts about the car and frankly Im worried. It seems that theres nothing good to be said about the HT4100 engine the car has and no way to really remedy any of its inherent problems. I love the car being as it belonged to my grandfather but its my only transportation right now and Im concerned about reliability. Ive gathered so far that a complete tune up is going to be required before I start driving it.
Coolant,Oil,Plugs,Wires,Belts,Hoses,Thermostat,Fil ters,? Am I missing anything? The car hasent been driven more than 10 miles at a time or over 25 MPH for nearly a decade. The last thing I want to do is drive it for a week and have it blow up. If theres something you can think of that I didnt mention please let me know so I dont ruin this car. Thanks.
Hi everyone,
Im new to the forum and just inherited my first Cadillac. Its a 1985 Fleetwood Brougham. Ive been trolling the forum reading posts about the car and frankly Im worried. It seems that theres nothing good to be said about the HT4100 engine the car has and no way to really remedy any of its inherent problems. I love the car being as it belonged to my grandfather but its my only transportation right now and Im concerned about reliability. Ive gathered so far that a complete tune up is going to be required before I start driving it.
Coolant,Oil,Plugs,Wires,Belts,Hoses,Thermostat,Fil ters,? Am I missing anything? The car hasent been driven more than 10 miles at a time or over 25 MPH for nearly a decade. The last thing I want to do is drive it for a week and have it blow up. If theres something you can think of that I didnt mention please let me know so I dont ruin this car. Thanks.
the car is 22 years old .. expect a fluid leak here and there. so what?
chassis lube.
new trani filter and fluid (do NOT FLUSH).
new fuel filter.
new plugs .. get dual platinum used on the '90-ish 4900 engines .. look in the Allante section for part numbers.
if the tires are over 7 years old, be good idea to get new ones, they do crack and fail with age.
the other thing, check the exhaust system - short trips can do a number on it.
most cars dont make it past 15 years old, but these are Caddies and she is probably in fine shape.
my 4100 is only 2 years newer than yours and she can smoke them and pulls triple digit speeds,
with style.
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