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    '01 GTP for sale in Pennsylvania

    2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP. It's a great color, the "Pontiac racing gold" from Pontiac's racing heritage, I think they called it gold metallic in 2001. I bought the car in 2004, I am only the second owner. *Always adult driven, NEVER raced or abused. Looks great, has its share of...
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    '01 GTP slipping into first gear!

    '01 GTP 168k. Taking off in first gear is rough, it slips and slips until it finally gets going and the other gears are fine. Every time I pull out it does this. I need to run this car till November (when we can replace it), so I really want to make this last till then at least! So...
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    Overheating during sub zero temps?

    '01 GTP with 163k. Three weeks ago, during an absolutely freezing, sub-zero temperature morning, I wasn't getting heat into the cabin. A few minutes later, it overheated. So installed a new thermostat and was good to go. But last Tuesday was another sub-zero morning, and guess what? It...
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    Battery dead, AGAIN. ABS light on + other elec issues

    Please look here for my post: http://www.grandprixforums.net/battery-dead-again-abs-light-other-elec-issues-74937.html I posted it under the "Engine" section, subforum 3.8 V6 Supercharged. That's where the link takes you. Please help!
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    Battery dead, AGAIN. ABS light on + other elec issues

    2001 GTP 150k. Battery has died 3 times now spaced out over the past month. But I jump it and it's fine. :confused: Just this past week, the ABS light was randomly on in the morning at start up, but it usually went out when the car was warmed up. Yesterday it didn't go out, the ABS light...
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    Rpm heard through Radio, clicking sound

    '01 GTP. Through the stock radio, I can hear a dull clicking that's in time with the RPM's. The dull clicking keeps tempo in time with the Rpms if that makes sense. Anyone have this happen before? It just started out of the blue. Help! It's driving me nuts!
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    Lifter valley looks nasty... flush it?

    Seeing the gunk in my lifter valley, I really want to clean the engine out (just did the LIM gaskets). What about flushing it? If so, what particular flush is best? I'd like to hear everyone's take on this. I've included pics so that you can see how it looks. Everything is reassembled now...
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    LIM replacement, sludge

    Hey Everyone, I'm doing my LIM on my 01 GTP this Saturday. Got two questions. 1. When I take off the oil filler tube, I can see soume deep brown sludge in there on the lifters and such. It's not thick, but it's there. How should I clean this out once I've got it opened up? 2. LIM...
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    Transmission slipping/hunting for gear?

    I have an '01 GTP with 104,000 miles on it, and the tranny is beginning to act strangely. Today I was driving up a slight incline, and the tranny went to upshift into probably 4th gear. I watched the tach needle drop to reflect the gear that it was changing into, but then it began erratically...
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    Just saying hello, new guy here.

    Hello everyone, good to be on here! I've owned a '00 Grand Prix GTP previously, and currently own a '01 Grand Prix GTP. I like to do my own work, and will be doing a LIM gasket replacement on my car in the near future. Just wanted to say hi to everyone, I'm sure I'll talk to some of you on...
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