This particular 3.8L engine, given the name L36, made its debut in the 1995 model year and acted as a successor to the Series I L27 edition, though the 3800 as a whole had been around since the ...

ANSWER. The Buick-designed, 3.8L, 3800 V6 Series II engine first appeared in 1996 and continued in production as late as 2005 in some chassis. Most, like your Monte Carlo V6, were the normally ...