2004 Grand Prix Overheating
Asked by iNeedCarAdvice Oct 17, 2016 at 12:14 AM about the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GT2
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
My car overheats after replacing the
radiator, thermostat, and PVC heater code
connections. What else could it be?
4 Answers
Can you confirm you have any kind of flow through the radiator, or that the water pump is cycling coolant? Open the radiator cap (with engine cold) and watch coolant in radiator get sucked down when thermostat opens once engine reaches operating temp. When that happens you should also see coolant flow out of internal radiator tubes. If not, you have a possible bad water pump.
iNeedCarAdvice answered 7 years ago
Water pump was replaced before last winter. I'm bleeding the air from atop the thermostat housing right now.
iNeedCarAdvice answered 7 years ago
There's a lot of air coming out. On the 3rd round of bleeding.