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Thanks for the info everyone. I Didn’t think $1000 was too much for the job considering what it involved just more than i’m willing to spend on that car. I also have heard the same symptoms can be a cracked head. so I didn’t want to put that money in to find out the hard way that i would need to spend lots more $$$. My in-laws let me park it at there ranch where i could take it apart and mess around with it considering i couldn’t wreck it i just kinda did an “autopsy”. I’ve spent about 4 hours on it so far. It is out side so I was limited by light and it was – 11 (Celsius) so i got chilly. I’ve tried to take everything apart as if i were to put it back together but i’m 99% sure shes getting towed away sometime soon 🙁 I liked that car. Thanks again for the help, I’ll keep you posted if anything miraculous happens.
Thanks for the info everyone. I Didn’t think $1000 was too much for the job considering what it involved just more than i’m willing to spend on that car. I also have heard the same symptoms can be a cracked head. so I didn’t want to put that money in to find out the hard way that i would need to spend lots more $$$. My in-laws let me park it at there ranch where i could take it apart and mess around with it considering i couldn’t wreck it i just kinda did an “autopsy”. I’ve spent about 4 hours on it so far. It is out side so I was limited by light and it was – 11 (Celsius) so i got chilly. I’ve tried to take everything apart as if i were to put it back together but i’m 99% sure shes getting towed away sometime soon 🙁 I liked that car. Thanks again for the help, I’ll keep you posted if anything miraculous happens.
My options are really limited. My mechanic is a semi retired guy who does all his work in an unheated shop/old barn (February in Ontario). He said he doesn’t mess around with this kinda thing any more so he refereed me to another guy who quoted me $1000. I can’t justify spending that on a $1500 car (2002 Grand Prix) I would like to at least take the car apart out of curiosity more than anything and if I fix it good for me. As I see it right now it’s a giant paper weight can’t break it worse. Just need to find somewhere to work on it.
My options are really limited. My mechanic is a semi retired guy who does all his work in an unheated shop/old barn (February in Ontario). He said he doesn’t mess around with this kinda thing any more so he refereed me to another guy who quoted me $1000. I can’t justify spending that on a $1500 car (2002 Grand Prix) I would like to at least take the car apart out of curiosity more than anything and if I fix it good for me. As I see it right now it’s a giant paper weight can’t break it worse. Just need to find somewhere to work on it.
So I just changed the thermostat again, and it did not solve the problem. The symptoms are no heat coming out of the fans and excessive temperature fluctuation. The temp gauge will go from normal which is 1/4 to almost in the red and then back down. The cooling fans do kick on and I did bleed the system.
So I just changed the thermostat again, and it did not solve the problem. The symptoms are no heat coming out of the fans and excessive temperature fluctuation. The temp gauge will go from normal which is 1/4 to almost in the red and then back down. The cooling fans do kick on and I did bleed the system.
I definitely need a coolant flush, I kinda thought that’s what it might be. I also just bleed the cooling system which seemed to work (for now) I Might just have had an air bubble.