White98GT

Thanks I appreciate that! On of the least fun parts was getting the pushrods back into the guides correctly. My friend was doing that part and dropped the pushrod down into the engine. Had to run to meijer and buy a telescoping magnet because we were NOT tearing the thing back down again lol. I'm becoming very familiar with the 3x00 engines. Hell I remember a few years ago replacing my power steering pump and alternator was a big job. Not anymore though! Haha. If anybody needs help with one of these engines just ask. That includes the 2.8, 3.1, or 3.4.

So then, after being so worried about the water sitting there and getting it vacced out, it looked much more acceptable. I come to find out a very positive note about this tear down, my cylinder walls are in absolutely excellent condition for a 115k motor. Not a single scar in any of them. Radiator removed New water pump vs. Old Which one do you guys think flows better? There is nothing necessarily wrong with the old pump, do you think I should reuse it? So about a day passes and I decide we should take the heads in to a friend of a friend to see if the heads warping is what caused the gasket to go. Another $150.00 bill later I have shaved warp free heads, and the valves, valve springs/seats and everything are brand new! Not bad huh? Still with me? Probably not, but for those that like this sort of thing, thats what I'm here for. Moving on. New felpro gaskets sitting in their new home for the first time Heads now in place and awaiting that lower intake manifold Lower intake now in place, as well as valve covers, and exhaust manifolds. Will post progress tomorrow, hoping to have my baby back by tomorrow.

Hey guys. I have been recently having major cooling / heating system problems with the Grand AM. I bought a whole sh!t ton of parts to replace in hopes of fixing my leaks and getting her back to spec, I was unable to drive my car more than 6 miles without losing 2 gallons of coolant! Not good for the environment OR my wallet! As a note, I took my car to a place to have the pressure test the system and find the leak, well they exploded my radiator and decided I was SOL. Nice huh? I know usually people frown upon the whole replace parts blindly thing but I got so pissed off I decided thats exactly what I was gonna do. It will be more reliable with all brand new parts anyway. So without further ado and boring you guys to death, pic whoring time. I bought new radiator hoses, new waterpump, new thermostat, new head gaskets, new lower intake gaskets, new radiator, new head bolts and a fuel filter as well for good measure. That consequently lead to.. and So next pic is very early on in this process. If your going to do head gaskets on basically ANY N-Car I can think of, go ahead and ditch the hood before anything else. I've dropped the hood on my head before and well.. I can think of better things to do with my time. I started this endeavor on the 27th of November, and am only able to work on it a few hours per day. Here is a pic of what I consider to be the absolute most annoying thing about working on ANY newer vehicles, TONS of wiring loom. Tucking that annoyance one wire at a time under the windshield wipers Within the next day the lower intake mani came off with little problems, and after using words a nun has never heard of we got the heads off and are left with this.. Thanks GM for using only the WORST possible gasket materials on the N cars. You always 'think' the gasket has failed but then when you get down to this all doubt you ever had is gone. Isn't that just dandy looking?

Dude. You won't even believe this. You commented on my car being clean. Well I was just over at the shop pulling the rear head off my 3100 so i can send it out to be planed. After awhile of standing on the drivers side yanking on it and using a soft hammer to knock the head loose, I go on the other side. Remember the passenger side of my car how it was all nice and clean? Welp.. whoever owns the other side of the shop hit my fender with a 2x4. Now it has 2 really deep dents in it and a shallower one... im so FORDing mad I can't even see straight. I swear to god I have bad luck.

Hello from Toledo Ohio! I rock an Artic white 1998 Pontiac Grand AM GT. Its nothin special really, just got intake and catless resless flowmaster 40 exhaust and a bangin stereo. I actually found this forum looking for 4x6 to 6.5 inch speaker adapters. Figured I'd stop in and say Hello since I am in the market for a 99-03 GP GTP.