ok hi there. im not new to the chevy brand, just the impala. well anyway, i just picked up a 2002 base impala with a 3.4 and 169k that supposedly had a bad head gasket. i only paid 200 bucks for it and the body is in great shape. deffinately a steal. btw pics are in my garage. onto the problem.
so i was driving it home last night and was cruising along and it overheated once and i pulled over for about 15 to 20 minutes. let it cool down. then took off again now when i was driving the temp gauge went past half like it was gonna overheat then i hear a click and the defrost heats up and the temp drops below half to about 1/4 or so.
now today i popped the hood checked the oil and coolant, both looked and smelt like they should, oil and coolant. i thought that if it was a headgasket one or both would be milky from mixing. so i drove it about 20 miles and fine then on the way back the temp gauge starts to go to the overheating. i drove it home, just a few blocks from where i was, and pop open the hood and stick my hand on top of the intake and it was barely warm. shouldnt this be hot if its truly overheating. well thanks for any help in advance and i hope to learn a lot from this forum
so i was driving it home last night and was cruising along and it overheated once and i pulled over for about 15 to 20 minutes. let it cool down. then took off again now when i was driving the temp gauge went past half like it was gonna overheat then i hear a click and the defrost heats up and the temp drops below half to about 1/4 or so.
now today i popped the hood checked the oil and coolant, both looked and smelt like they should, oil and coolant. i thought that if it was a headgasket one or both would be milky from mixing. so i drove it about 20 miles and fine then on the way back the temp gauge starts to go to the overheating. i drove it home, just a few blocks from where i was, and pop open the hood and stick my hand on top of the intake and it was barely warm. shouldnt this be hot if its truly overheating. well thanks for any help in advance and i hope to learn a lot from this forum