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Blown Head Gasket? – 2001 Chevy Cavalier Overheats

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Reader Question

My 2001 Chevy cavalier needs head gasket repair, at least that’s what the mechanic said. I replaced the water pump and fan motor but the water reservoir continued to be empty almost immediately, I could drive around the corner and the reservoir would be empty. Then the car would begin to run hot.

Then the car stalled and became a little difficult to start. If the head gasket is the problem how much do you think is a fair price to sell it for if the body condition is good and the interior (non smoker)?The mileage is a little over 101000

Thanks
Shatina

Hey there Shatina, how are ya today?

The VERY first thing I would do is get another mechanic to look at this. They need to do a cooling system pressure test to see where the coolant leak is and whether it is an external leak (like a radiator or hose) or internal leak (like a head gasket). This quick and cheap test should tell you that.

If they do think it is a head gasket problem I would highly suggest you try this over the counter additive like I talk about here and see what happens before you sell this vehicle.

Blown Head Gasket

You did not mention anything about white smoke coming from the tailpipe, a check engine light on and the engine running bad….all would be signs of a head gasket problem. You might just have an external coolant leak somewhere or a problem with the thermostat or something pretty easy to repair.

Let me know what happens.

Blessings,

Austin Davis

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3 Comments on "Blown Head Gasket? – 2001 Chevy Cavalier Overheats"

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  1. Anonymous says:

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  2. quita says:

    I HAVE WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF MY TAIL PIPE NO LEAKS AND NO WATER IN THE OIL CAR HAS ALL OF ITS POWER AND RUNS REAL GOOD ALSO IT HAS’NT BEEN DROVE IN 6 MONTHS IS THERE ANYTHING I NEED TO WORRY ABOUT

    • Austin says:

      If you have had a cooling system pressure test and are not adding coolant on a regular basis, then I guess you can rule out an internal coolant leak as the culprit. if this is an older vehicle from the 80’s you might have a bad transmission vacuum modulator which can suck transmission fluid into the exhaust system causing LOTS of white smoke.

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