head gasket

[philly rs]

my friend has a 96 2.2l cavi. pretty much it wont start at all, the car cranks but it wont fire up. about a month ago the car was over heating and after taking it to the shop we found it needed a new fan moter and relay. the car ran like crap still...it bounced from hot to cold all the time, i dont know if it may have anything to do with what wrong with it now . already a ignition modual, a fuel filter, and the fuel pump was checked. her dads friend looked at the car and tried to start it and they said water shot out of the reserve bottle (with it open) when trying to start it....the spark plugs are said to be saturated with gas . now like i said the car wont start at all and me having a camaro and have worked on a cavi verry little im not as tuned in as u guys are...any suggestions will be great. thanks

[97cavalier]

Originally Posted by philly rs

my friend has a 96 2.2l cavi. pretty much it wont start at all, the car cranks but it wont fire up. about a month ago the car was over heating and after taking it to the shop we found it needed a new fan moter and relay. the car ran like crap still...it bounced from hot to cold all the time, i dont know if it may have anything to do with what wrong with it now . already a ignition modual, a fuel filter, and the fuel pump was checked. her dads friend looked at the car and tried to start it and they said water shot out of the reserve bottle (with it open) when trying to start it....the spark plugs are said to be saturated with gas . now like i said the car wont start at all and me having a camaro and have worked on a cavi verry little im not as tuned in as u guys are...any suggestions will be great. thanks

I would replace the head gasket. that is what it sounds like to me. Remeber when you do that, you have to replace the head gasket bolts with new ones. I would also replace the thermostat. Then see what happens and post again and tell us.

[philly rs]

thanks man ill let her know that...u guys are pretty cool thanks alot...if anything else please do tell.

[philly rs]

oh yeah buy the way the car was rna for codes and she is telling me that p0107 came back....i dont have a code book and have no clue at what this could be, and she does not remember ( she knows nothing about cars at all so her giving me exact info isnt happening) has anyone came accross this code as well?

[97cavalier]

Originally Posted by philly rs

oh yeah buy the way the car was rna for codes and she is telling me that p0107 came back....i dont have a code book and have no clue at what this could be, and she does not remember ( she knows nothing about cars at all so her giving me exact info isnt happening) has anyone came accross this code as well?

Go to auto zone and they will plug in there computer and tell you what the code means for free.

[cdru]

P0107 is "Manifold Absolute Pressure/Barometric Pressure Circuit Low Input". If you do a site search for that code, it may turn up more. All P0107 codes should be the same problem although the exact solution may vary from car to car.