20 Most Recent 2001 Chevrolet Malibu - Page 9 Questions & Answers

Do you mean exhaust gas bubble into coolant reserve tank? This is a sign of blown head gasket. Check out the video in www,steelseal.com

Top off the coolant reserve tank to MAX level

sounds like you have a bad temperature sensor in dash or the cable has eitehr broken or come off the heater switch under the dash!!

havent a clue what melted??

It is not always a case of plugging in the code reader and the codes come up. There are different cables to use for different data plugs and certain procedures to get the codes to read . There will be a fault code recorded and you may have to take it to a dealer service centre to have their machine read the code.

If you have expertise in this you can break out the insulator ( ceramic bit) which will leave you with a hole in the plug metal bit. Then you can use an "eazy out" tool to extract the plug thread.. If there is no room for this it will be quicker and safer to remove the head as the thread is probably damaged .

Take the bolts to the auto parts store you deal with and get the correct heli-coil to put new threads into the housing

check the heater control module (tap) is in fact allowing hot water through the heater core

Under driver side just inside frame rail.

The easiest way is the stick on lights that will plug into your cig lighter, you can get them in dif. colors

They are there. Perhaps the bulbs are burnt out? On the W-body cars I know for sure they are there. Look on the passenger side way under the glovebox. I've replaced mine with a brighter LED bulb.