Oldsmobile workshop, service & repair manuals

Oldsmobile at a glance: 121 manuals across 21 model lines, covering 1982 to 2004 models, with engines from 1.8 to 5.7 litres. The largest collections are Cutlass Ciera (19), Cutlass (16) and Cutlass Supreme (10).

About Oldsmobile

Ransom E. Olds founded the company in 1897, and over its life it built more than 35 million vehicles, at least 14 million of them in Lansing, Michigan. Within GM it sat above Chevrolet and Pontiac and below Buick and Cadillac. Sales passed one million a year from 1983 to 1986, but GM closed the brand in 2004, when it was the oldest surviving American car maker.

Same car, different badge

Cutlass Ciera shares GM's front-drive A platform with the Buick Century, Chevrolet Celebrity and Pontiac 6000.
Cutlass Supreme from 1988 shares the W platform with the Buick Regal, Chevrolet Lumina and Pontiac Grand Prix.
Calais and Achieva share the N platform with the Pontiac Grand Am and Buick Skylark.
Ninety-Eight shares its C-body with the Buick Electra and Cadillac DeVille.
Bravada was a version of the S-10 Blazer and GMC Jimmy, and from 2002 of the Chevrolet TrailBlazer and GMC Envoy.

Sources: Wikipedia — Oldsmobile, Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera, Chevrolet Lumina, Oldsmobile Achieva, Oldsmobile 98, Oldsmobile Bravada.

Known faults on Oldsmobile models, and the repair instructions for them: Common faults

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88 2 manuals

Variant / engine	Year
Custom Cruiser V8-307 5.0L VIN Y 4-bbl	1982
Custom Cruiser V8-350 5.7L DSL VIN N FI	1983

Achieva

1992–1996 2.3–3.3 litre See all 6 manuals

Alero 2 manuals

Variant / engine	Year
L4-144 2.4L DOHC VIN T SFI	2000
V6-3.4L VIN E	1999

Aurora 2 manuals

Variant / engine	Year
V6-214 3.5L VIN H SFI	2001
V8-4.0L VIN C	1996

Bravada

1991–2004 4.2–5.3 litre See all 6 manuals

Calais

1985–1991 2.3–3.3 litre See all 7 manuals

Ciera 3 manuals

Variant / engine	Year
Cruiser V6-173 2.8L VIN W FI	1986
V6-173 2.8L VIN W FI	1986
V6-231 3.8L	1986

Custom Cruiser 3 manuals

Variant / engine	Year
Cruiser RWD V8-307 5.0L	1985
Cruiser RWD V8-350 5.7L	1992
Cruiser V8-307 5.0L	1987

Cutlass

1982–1998 2.3–5.7 litre See all 16 manuals

Cutlass Ciera

1982–1996 2.2–4.3 litre See all 19 manuals

Cutlass Supreme

1985–1997 2.3–5.0 litre See all 10 manuals

Delta

1982–1988 3.0–5.7 litre See all 8 manuals

Eighty-Eight 5 manuals

Variant / engine	Year
LSS FWD V6-3.8L VIN K	1996
Royale FWD V6-3.8L SC VIN 1	1995
Royale FWD V6-3.8L VIN K	1996
Royale FWD V6-3800 3.8L VIN L SFI	1995
V6-3.8L VIN K	1997

Firenza 5 manuals

Variant / engine	Year
L4-112 1.8L	1986
L4-112 1.8L VIN 0 TBI	1982
L4-121 2.0L	1983
L4-121 2.0L VIN K TBI	1987
V6-173 2.8L	1986

Full 1 manual

Variant / engine	Year
Size OLDS FWD V6-231 3.8L	1984

Intrigue 2 manuals

Variant / engine	Year
V6-214 3.5L VIN H SFI	2000
V6-3.8L VIN K	1998

LSS 1 manual

Variant / engine	Year
V6-3.8L VIN K	1997

Ninety-Eight

1982–1995 3.0–5.0 litre See all 9 manuals

Omega 4 manuals

Variant / engine	Year
L4-151 2.5L	1983
L4-151 2.5L VIN 5 2-bbl	1982
V6-173 2.8L	1982
V6-173 2.8L VIN Z 2-bbl HP	1984

Silhouette 5 manuals

Variant / engine	Year
FWD V6-3.4L VIN E	2004
V6-191 3.1L	1990
V6-191 3.1L VIN D TBI	1995
V6-3.4L VIN E	1996
V6-3800 3.8L	1992

Toronado 5 manuals

Variant / engine	Year
V6-231 3.8L	1986
V6-252 4.1L	1983
V6-3800 3.8L	1988
V8-307 5.0L	1982
V8-350 5.7L DSL	1983

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