20 Most Recent 2001 Pontiac Montana - Page 5 Questions & Answers

The lifters are hydraulic, so adjusting them is not possible. The lifters can take up very little play, so valve ticking when cold is normal. I have had two of these engines. Be sure to have the heads torqued properly, to keep play at a minimum.

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nil to very low until you turn the steering wheel. At this point the valves close and the pressure can go up to 2000psi until wheel movement stops and then it drops to original reading as the valves close off and allow the pumped oil to by-pass back to the reservoir.

If your lights are controlled by a wand on the steering column,you will have to replace the wand. Sounds as if it is shorting out and that's never a good thing.

Going to have to road test with professional scanner & look at all data to see if something is amiss

Disconnect the positive battery cable, remove the wires from the starter solenoid, remove starter. I can usually sneak it out of there without removing to much of anything else.

Your manual linkage has come undone. You will need to determine what part of the manual linkage has broken, fallen off, or rusted through.

have a load test done on the battery because if there is a dead cell then the good battery will feed the dead battery and you will not have an advantage from a jump battery

Hi Raphael, I'm glad to help! First, you need to check for POWER and GROUND at the motor. If you have both power and ground at the motor then replace the motor. If you do not have power and ground at the motor then check all the fuses, if they are all good then you'll need to take a look at the blower switch and see if its burnt, wiggle the wires and see if the motor starts working, if it does replace he switch and see if they have a wiring pigtail to replace the connector that's burnt, but that's only if it is burnt of course. Hope this helps and have an awesome day Raphael.

A short in the level sensor which is part of the fuel pump located in the fuel tank

Wiring, ground at the tank, a loose or corroded connector somewhere. If the gauge moves up & down significantly when the vehicle is "bumped" forward & backward, you MIGHT suspect the sending unit... but if it always reads empty when in gear, that wouldn't be the problem.

motor locked or bad

If your vehicle doesn't actually overheat, just getting hot, I think that's the normal behaviour for these cars. My 03 AWD behaves the same way. When driving uphill, especialy when towing, the temperature rises close to the red marking, but I have never experienced it overheating. I think that the temperature has to rise much over the normal driving temperature to activate the two electric fans.

Bank 1 sensor 1 means the first oxygen sensor closest to the motor. The location is probably in the exhaust manifold, if not then follow the pipe from there and it's the first one you find. Hope this helps

Starter Location diagram:

The starter is located on the lower side of the motor. Disconnect negative battery cable. Raise and support vehicle. Remove flywheel cover (s). Disconnect starter solenoid wiring. Remove starter mounting bolts. Remove shims and note arrangement for reassembly (if equipped). Remove starter assembly. To install, reverse removal procedure. Ensure shims are installed in original location (if equipped). Tighten fasteners to specification. Starter Bolts 35 Ft. Lbs, Flywheel Cover Bolts 89 Ft. Lbs, Positive Battery Cable-To-Solenoid Nut 89 Ft. Lbs, "S" Terminal Nut 37 Ft. Lbs

Check out this video as it explains the procedure very well... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW1GDiOa0kE

The reader is not working, the reader can read either the gas is full or empty.

On that van, like many other GM front-wheel-drive vehicles, the shift cable goes through a bracket on the transmission to the linkage( the little metal arm). Where the cable connects to the linkage, there is a ball stud. It takes quite a bit of force to disconnect the cable from that. If it became disconnected at that ball without any other outside influence, the shift cable may need to be replaced. You can try pushing the plastic end of the shift cable back on to that ball stud ,it should click into place. If the ball stud became disconnected from the linkage(little metal arm), the linkage would need to be replaced. There should be a locknut holding the linkage to the transmission stud right above the range selector switch. If it came loose of there, you may need a new linkage, and to replace that nut