Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe problems of the 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. After the vehicle was started, there was an explosion under the hood without warning. The contact lifted the hood and discovered that the intake manifold exploded. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 180,000.

The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The contact stated that the engine intake manifold exploded while starting the engine. The intake manifold fractured into pieces and smoke emitted from under the hood. The contact's personal mechanic inspected the vehicle and discovered that the engine regulator valve had failed and caused fuel to penetrate the engine. The vehicle was repaired. The air intake the manifold, gasket, pressure regulator and the throttle body were replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 177,000.

1. Took my car in for service for an intermittent "check engine" light. Service required was a purge solenoid for the charcoal cannister. 2. After returning the car home and it sitting for a couple days, I went to start the car and the battery was dead. Jumped the battery with another car and when I went to turn the key in the Monte Carlo, the intake manifold exploded in about 20 different pieces in a deafening explosion. 3. Nothing has been done to repair yet, but the damage is catastrophic. I'm looking at $$$$$ repair. I have pictures of it if needed. If I had been standing over the engine and my wife had turned the key I would be looking at a hospital stay.

I have a 2000 Monte Carlo and had to have the intake manifold gaskets replaced due to oil and water mixing together in the engine. When I talked to the mechanic about my problem he knew without looking at it exactly what was wrong. Chevy puts a plastic gasket in this model that ends up cracking due to heat. I had to pay my mechanic $700 dollars to repair this problem.

I own a 2000 chevy. Monte carlo. A review of the service bulletins shows that there is a known problem with lower and upper intake manifold gaskets. My mechanics have told me it leaking is a problem with this model, but everyone wants $500 to $600 to replace just one gasket. If there are service bulletins, and it is a known problem, why are consumers made to pay for this? or has gm been told to repair this for customers? I have had to have several things replaced more than once. Such as the window motors assemblies, on the driver side more than three times alone.

The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The contact attempted to start the vehicle, but was unsuccessful. He attempted to jumpstart the vehicle and the engine blew up in flames. A local mechanic stated that the intake manifold was defective. The manufacturer stated that there were too many miles on the vehicle. There were no recalls related to the VIN; therefore, they would not be liable for the repairs. The dealer has not been notified. The current and failure mileages were 140,000.

My chevy Monte Carlo's manifold intake gasket eroded away letting the engine oil and coolant to leak out. It is not a new car, but when I took it to the repair shop the owner said he knew exactly what the problem was without even looking, but did of course, and confirmed that the intake gasket was eroded away due to its being plastic instead of the metal gasket that should be used in the chevorlet v6 engines. He stated that he had replaced gasket after gasket since chevy had "cheapened up" the engines. I asked many other repairmen and the dealer and it was confirmed. I believe this is an industry problem, across their engineering boondaggles which have been put upon the public. It is not a cheap fix, unlike theirs, and cost me and many others $800-$1500 dollars in repair bills. Chevy has refused to help with this rampant problem. I think this should be a recall issue since it is not an isolated incident and certainly is not due to abuse of the vehicle or even excessive mileage and wear. My car has 73000 miles on it and haven't done anything but be good to this vehicle. I have searched many sites in order for my complaint to be registered. Please advise me about any steps I can pursue to make chevy and gm "undo" the defect they created. Thank you. Jah.

Effects of problems due to head gaskets and intake manifold: (1)burning smell coming from the engine; (2)minor breathing problems, diziness, and lightheadedness; (3)soar throat irritation and tiredness while driving. (4)causes heavy use of gas, bad gas milage, and coolant is used up very quickly and becomes brown and slimey. Solution: I was told that 2000 chevy Monte Carlo's had problems with the gaskets and intake manifolds. Numerous 2000 models seem to have this issue but were never recalled. My warranty company paid for the parts to be fixed it just never seems to be corrected right. However, I feel it is highly dangerous and could be a safety problem causing people to fall asleep at the wheel. The burning smell that comes from the gaskets is very odorous, causes dizziness, breathing irritation/problems and if it does this to an adult I could only imagine the damage it could do to a child. It also makes you tired. I fought to stay awake because of this problem.

I have a 2000 Monte Carlo which I had serviced at borchers auto in blackwood NJ . They replaced the intake gasket set [ ms90565 ] , and the valve cover gasket set [ vs50442r ] . I wanted to know if this was a recall for that model year that I was not aware of.

The intake manifold cracked, which caused fluid to leak. Egr, plugs, new coolant oil and filter had to be replaced.

Engine found to have three oil leaks that have been present for well over a year. A local dealership found caked oil from leaks in the a/c compressor (passenger side front), front crank sensor (passenger>side rear) and the intake manifold (driver side rear). They also stated that the car was too new to have that much caked up oil and that I should contact the dealership I purchased my vehicle from (along with my three previous vehicles). Three separate oil leaks in a 2000 vehicle is not normal or expected.