hey buick lovers,,check this one out

1982 Buick Le Sabre "Diesel" 73,000 Original Miles 1 Owner (Brighton)

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Date: 2012-01-19, 10:26AM MST
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I have for sale a 1982 Buick Le Sabre Custom Sedan 1 owner with 73,000 Original Miles. It is Charcoal Grey Metallic with original Paint , New Batteries , New Front shocks , Fresh Oil change and Filter , New Fuel Filter , Trans flush and filter , New Coolant . New glow plug relay , New Belts , New Kumho KR-21 Tires , Greased front end , This car is like brand new still and runs like a top. No leaks


This car gets 30 MPG on the interstate.


Call Matt
303-725-5386


Make me an offer!


6.5 L Turbo Diesel , 6.2 L Diesel , Duramax Diesel , Powerstroke Diesel , Cummins Turbo Diesel , Duramax , Chevy Diesel.


•Location: Brighton
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well try a different way to post pics..he's asking around 7500. talked to him, sounds good...

How many motors does that thing have, anyway???

And how many batteries?

It's nice to see a real automobile that doesn't look like an Asian jelly bean with plastic bumpers, etc.

I've owned many 50s, 60s, 70s Buicks over the years. They built some fine cars. Nailheads, Dynaflows, Wildcats, those were some good times.

Sounds like it has the Olds diesel that was put into a number of GM cars in late 70s, early '80s. I had 4 or 5 as I worked for GM and bought a new car every year or so. Most I ever put on one was 40k, IIRC. They were a real nightmare for owners after about 50k. I knew a guy who bought a couple of Cadillacs cheap, pulled the diesels and replaced with gas engines. I sure wouldn't touch this one with a 10 ft pole.

That was an awful motor.

Run as fast as you can,A good mechanic friend used to buy these things for a few hundred dollars and install a 350 gas then you had a good car,I bought 3 of then

jimmy

Dad had one of those. We never could get near that kinda MPG figure.

Toward the end of this project the engines were not that bad. They were identified by "350 DX" cast into the side of the block. You did have to add a water seperator to fuel system. They did had two batteries and the factory battery cable setup was junk. The fuel filter was a nightmare to change and the injection pump was buried in the cunter of the engine. It did not like the high heat and had problems from time to time. This engine performed much better in mid-size cars (Cutlass, etc) than full size as it was only 125 HP or so.

These were my experiences with the 350 diesel.

Diesel fuel cost less than gasoline back then. I don't see how the extra costs could be justified today even without all of the problems.

I especially liked the fact that it has a 'greased front end'...
8)

I bought a 1979 Chevy Scottdale in the early 80's that had the diesel engine removed and a 350 Olds gas engine installed. The original owner had bought the truck new, but had a lot of problems with the engine. He had the gas engine installed, but didn't want the truck. I bought the truck from the man that installed the gas engine. I ran the truck for 15 years and sold it to a soldier that was moving to Ft Carson CO. It has dual fuel tanks. It rode better than the old 1981 Mercury Cougar I have in the garage. Hal

Our PD bought a few Impalas to use as boss's cars. Didn't take long to swap them out to 350 gas.

Remember this is the engine that all by itself destroyed the market for Diesel cars in the US

75,000 miles was right about the time they started popping the tops off the head bolts and then blowing the head gaskets and also the injector pump weight retainer ring would dissinegrate so wouldn't run and pump needed rebuilt. Also about the mileage where the rings gave up and compression lowered so hard start and lot of smoke out the back. Yea , be a good one ta git all right!!

(quoted from post at 21:36:37 01/27/12) Remember this is the engine that all by itself destroyed the market for Diesel cars in the US

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you beat me to it,

Didn't they just harden the lower end on a regular 350 a bit instead of building it ground up as a diesel?

Can't believe what got through the censors...

It should be highly collectible since it is probably the only one left with the original diesel engine in it. That is, if you don't plan on driving it.