hey everyone i have a 2002 grand am gt1 and its startin to give me some trouble. Heres the scoop:
1. Running hot! when idling it sits 2-3 bars infront of the 200* mark. i have to cook myself in the hot air from the vents to make it drop a notch or two. It used to stay at 200 even on the hottest of days and maybe creep up one bar tops. once on the highway, it seems to cool down a bit, any insight? Antifreeze was added but to no avail.
2. Very sluggish engine?? it seems its lost some umph so to speak lol it takes a pedal to the medal to catch back up to itself. if that makes sense. it seems like it has lost its power on the highway. example: goin 70-ish and anting to pass a car for instance press pedal harder, nothin happens, pedal to floor = missing power found lol. i think the rpms are messed up with the car too. more gas = more rpms right? my car now likes to kinda speed up a little w/o rpms reading the speed change when i give it gas.
3. Uphill Driving? this has happened a bunch today, driving at a steady speed uphill car feels like im letting go and pressing the gas pedal a few times, which im not at all. i have a feeeling this problem is tying in the lost power and maybe a fuel line problem. it feels like its lurching ever so slightly now which has never happened before hand.
Sorry for the long descriptions but i tried to describe them as accurately as possible from what i recalled haha. can any mechanics help me out please?? i love this car but i have no idea what could cause these problems. my dad and i generally figured maybe ecu for revving and rpms, something fuel wise for the missing power and lurching effects, and finally maybe a thermostat, radiator trouble, or something else for the high heat. some are obvious i know lol but we arent master mechanics unfortunately. Please will any knowlegable mechanics share some insight with me please? it would be so grateful for that. ill take any help i can get haha
1. Running hot! when idling it sits 2-3 bars infront of the 200* mark. i have to cook myself in the hot air from the vents to make it drop a notch or two. It used to stay at 200 even on the hottest of days and maybe creep up one bar tops. once on the highway, it seems to cool down a bit, any insight? Antifreeze was added but to no avail.
2. Very sluggish engine?? it seems its lost some umph so to speak lol it takes a pedal to the medal to catch back up to itself. if that makes sense. it seems like it has lost its power on the highway. example: goin 70-ish and anting to pass a car for instance press pedal harder, nothin happens, pedal to floor = missing power found lol. i think the rpms are messed up with the car too. more gas = more rpms right? my car now likes to kinda speed up a little w/o rpms reading the speed change when i give it gas.
3. Uphill Driving? this has happened a bunch today, driving at a steady speed uphill car feels like im letting go and pressing the gas pedal a few times, which im not at all. i have a feeeling this problem is tying in the lost power and maybe a fuel line problem. it feels like its lurching ever so slightly now which has never happened before hand.
Sorry for the long descriptions but i tried to describe them as accurately as possible from what i recalled haha. can any mechanics help me out please?? i love this car but i have no idea what could cause these problems. my dad and i generally figured maybe ecu for revving and rpms, something fuel wise for the missing power and lurching effects, and finally maybe a thermostat, radiator trouble, or something else for the high heat. some are obvious i know lol but we arent master mechanics unfortunately. Please will any knowlegable mechanics share some insight with me please? it would be so grateful for that. ill take any help i can get haha