No heat

Tiny
MARYLOPEZ
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  • 2001 PONTIAC GRAND AM
  • 3.4L
  • 6 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 176,637 MILES
I just changed the thermostat, because I had very little heat, and the temperature gauge stayed at 0. Once I changed the thermostat, the heater worked awesome, and the temperature gauge goes to around 215. The heater only worked for a couple days, on the third day, it overheated and stayed stranded on my way to work with no heat. I do not know what it could be. Can you please help?


This is the thermostat, I took off car when I had very little heat.
Thursday, December 14th, 2017 AT 2:46 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
  • MASTER CERTIFIED MECHANIC
  • 47,513 POSTS
Hello,

This sounds like you may have a blown head gasket back in the day they would remove the thermostat to stop a engine from overheating.
Here is a test to confirm the issue:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test

Please let us know what you find. We are interested to see what it is.

Cheers, Ken

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Friday, December 15th, 2017 AT 6:36 PM

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