94 grand am over heating

Nov 05, 2005 7 Replies

I have a 94 grandam that keeps overheating but the water in the holding tank is cold. The temp shows to be over 220 yet there is no heat from the heater. The thermostat,water pump, heater core, heads are all new. what could be wrong? Help



you sure the thermostat didnt go in backwards.

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At this point I am not sure of anything This one has the thermostat on the lower hose on the water pump, which way is right?

the pointed part of tstat goes toward the radiator.

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That is the way we did it. Is it possible that the head gasket is on wrong?

head haskets usually are marked front or this side up. putting them on backward would cut down on flow.

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be sure the serpentine belt is on correctly . worked onseveral that the belt was turning the waterpump backwards.

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