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Pontiac Grand Prix Forum : “Engine Overheating”

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09/23/2007, 6:27PM
Engine Overheating

I have changed the thermostat and the water pump on a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP.  The temp needle still goes in the red...any suggestions?

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09/23/2007, 8:24PM

you allmost deffinetly have a blowen head gasket do a compresion test. "notorios problem on almost all turbo charged and supercharged engins"

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09/24/2007, 1:08AM

This might be a dumb question, but did you change the coolant when you did this work?

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09/24/2007, 9:09PM

Yes we did. We fixed it.  Thanks

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10/03/2007, 7:05PM

what did you do to fix the problem?

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12/03/2007, 4:58PM

I have the same car and same problem 98 grand prix GTP 3.8 l changed the head gaskets intake had a head shop check the heads and intake new thermostat and coolant tempature sensor. Still goes to RED?? is there a way to check the water pump? What else could it be?

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06/28/2008, 2:56PM

I am curious why nobody ever changes the radiator cap first. Makes no sense to me. A $3 part that 9 times out of ten is always the problem.

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