Oldsmobile · 1986-1991

Delta 88 — H-body (1986–1991)

delta 88 · delta 88 royale · delta 88 royale brougham · delta 88 royale brougham ls

4 option rows 4 RPO codes 6 model years
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Applicable options

Documented RPO codes

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Model year
Delta 88 — H-body (1986–1991) RPO codes
Code Option Years Notes & factory source Confidence
Engines
LN7 Engine, 3.0L (181 cu in) V6, multiport fuel injection 1986
125 hp, the standard engine; Wikipedia's Oldsmobile 88 article prints it in its engine table for 1986 only and says 1986 was the only year with the 3.0 L; the 1986 NICB manual prints a 3.0L V6 MFI engine with VIN letter L but no RPO codes (matched by meaning only); shared H-body code, but the Buick LeSabre sources add no second source (gnttype.org prints LN7 only for the Somerset)
Single-source
LG3 Engine, 3.8L (231 cu in) V6, sequential fuel injection 1986–1988
150 hp, the optional engine in 1986 and the only engine in 1987 and early 1988; Wikipedia's Oldsmobile 88 engine table is headed RPO/VIN code and prints "LG3/3" for 1986 to mid-1988 (the LN3 replaced it that year, so the two codes overlap in 1988), which pairs the code with a VIN digit and is not a slash form of two codes; shared H-body code, corroborated from the Buick LeSabre: gnttype.org's 1986 and 1987 Buick VIN tables each print engine option code LG3 for the LeSabre (one source, as the two blocks print the same engine cell); the 1986 NICB Oldsmobile engine table prints VIN letter B for the 3.8L V6 fuel-injected engine, where Wikipedia and gnttype.org give VIN 3 (the Buick figure)
Single-source
LN3 Engine, 3.8L (231 cu in) V6, 3800, multiport fuel injection 1988–1991
165 hp; Wikipedia's Oldsmobile 88 text says the 3800 replaced the earlier 3.8 L for 1988, while its engine table dates the LN3 from mid-1988 (printed "LN3/C", the VIN letter C); shared H-body code, but no sibling source prints it: gnttype.org's VIN tables end at 1987 and the NICB manuals read print no RPO codes
Single-source
Equipment
FE3 Suspension, sport 1990–1991
Wikipedia's Oldsmobile 88 article says the 1990 model was left with the standard load-leveling suspension and the FE3 sport suspension (two alloy wheel designs) and that the FE3 option remained available for both Royale and Royale Brougham in 1991; the Ninety-Eight's merged doc words the same code "Suspension, sport, level 3"; matched to the car by the article's text, no list prints it
Single-source

Source document: oldsmobile/delta-88-h-body.md. Rows marked — record an option the factory offered whose RPO code is not documented in the consulted sources.