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Need Help! 2001 GTP after sitting for two years

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Bossman Rashad

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Just bought a 2001 pontiac grand prix GTP form a guy, its been sitting for two years, and i wanted to know if anybody could help me with the basic maintenance work i will be needing to get it running in its best shape.
 


New fuel, check oil and other fluids. Hell it might even run fine on the old gas, but I'd still dump some new fuel in the tank.

All rotors might have lot rot from sitting.

Otherwise fire it up and see if everything runs good.
 
My dads car had been sitting for 5-7 years before he got it. Aired up the tires, I dropped a battery in it and fired it up. Ran like crap for a few moments til all the injectors cleaned up a bit.

It's a 3800.. no worries about starting it. Then consider the LIM gaskets, plugs and wires, maybe a TB cleaning.
 
@billboost37 @fivefingerdeathpunch yeah today I got a oil change to start off but the guy that I bought the car from , he told me he not too long ago redid the intake gasket / manifold? & as well as rebuilt the supercharger but when I took it to the mechanic today he said it was not kicking in. And also , there is no thermostat in the car. Mechanic told me that is usually because the car was running hot and taking it out would be a quick fix. But I want to get the car running correctly also car makes weird noise not sure if it's supercharger or what.
 
post a vid of this train wreck.


stop going to that shop too, they seem to just want to bend you over. sc dont "kick in" as you say till your in the gas. if its not making boost, thats another issue.
 


whats up with that fat vac line tb to the alt area? is that rubber to what ever line tight?

and it sounds rough for sure, not sure if its the cell phone camera or the engine.

take the sc belt off, then snap the sc pulley back and fourth. if you feel a click or any play the sc coupler is bad, its a rather easy quick fix. it makes the engine sound like its got rocks tumbling int he sc at idle.

if the sc pulley has no play, take the other belt off too, then start the car for a minute to see if that sound is gone. if its gone its a pulley, so turn the car off, and hand spin all the pulleys feeling for one thats gritty feeling or dont spin freely.


if your engine sounds like this in person its the coupler gone bad


 
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