Buick series 2 to 1

[ChrisR91]

Hello

I got me a series 1 buick that was rebuilt with new heads and what not. so i want to put it into my vr series 2 car is it was easy as just taking out the old engine and putting this one in? as the only thing i can see that's different is that it does not have one socket for one of the cables on the side where you have your oil filter and the water pump.

(note this engine came out of an VR feb 94 and mines a VR DES 94)

[moff_man]

there is also a plug at the back of the inlet manifold, im not 100% sure if the s1 vr's had this (i think its for air temp)

[ChrisR91]

Well there is one in the back of the manifold. but if i put the engine in what do i do with this spare plug? or does it go some where else.

[ChrisR91]

Found out its the cam sensor as the series 2 has one the the series 1 does not does that mean i just leave it there and plug it into nothing or???

[moff_man]

you can use the front plate from your old engine and the pully other wisw the check engine light may be on

[Brett_jjj]

I fixed a VS a while back that had a broken cam angle sensor pickup magnet, it kept stalling at idle and just ran terrible until I replaced the magnet for the sensor.(The magnet had actually hit the inside of the sensor which snapped the little plastic cage that holds the pickup magnet in the camshaft drive gear).It ran perfect with the new pickup magnet.I wonder if a disconnected cam angle sensor would have the same effect on how the earlier type V6's run.

[delcowizzid]

what enfine is it series 1 vn or later vp or a manual vr engine they all have no cam sensor you can run without it will get error codes should run the same though.the ecu just fires all the injectors at once instead of one side of the engine then the next

[ChrisR91]

Hold on after looking at my car and the engine i got and me new one they look 100% the same i do not know what i was thinking with this other sensor how do you tell a series 1 from a 2?

[delcowizzid]

vr all engines are the same apart from between auto and manual having that sensor in auto and not in manual vp engine looks very similar vn has the top radiator hose at the rear of the engine

[ChrisR91]

I feel so silly now as the engine is the same. so i got me answer to this topic.


thank you all for your help