Engine Oil Leaking problems of the 1998 Chevrolet Venture

The 1997-2000 venutures have problems with the engines, the intake gasket breaks down causing anti freeze to mix with the engines oil causing the cam shaft to crack, in our case there was no leaks under the van and there was no warning either the van was running well that morning and when my wife was driving down the street there was 2 short bukles from the van and everything shut down including steering which was difficult to do, is it going to take someones family to die on the side of the road before gm will do anything about this if my wife had been on the highway then there would be no way that she would have made it without being hit, even then she had 3 young children in the van ages 3-8 and was almost hit from behind, because it was an industrial highway speed limit of 50mph and not much room on the shoulder to park. There are many complaints about these vans and yet no one seems to be doing anything. . Read more...

I bought my 1998 Venture in Nov. Of 2001. It had 66000 on it. It seemed to have the smell of antifreeze. In December of 2002 someone told us that the gaskets were noted for leaking. My husband replaced it, and gave it an oil change in Feb. It was thick and dark orange in color. It started knocking when you accelerated. So once again my husband has it torn apart and found the crank shaft is coming apart due to the antifreeze leaking into the engine. Now I am paying on a dead horse. We can't afford to get it repaired. It would be nice if gm would recall this.