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Thank you all for your suggestions, I appreciate your helpfulness. I'm still undecided on what to do with the car but will give all your suggestions serious considerations. Hal

Yes, it's a head gasket. The shop diagnosed that by checking CO2 levels in the coolant. Wife says that it overheated very quickly, alarmed, went into failsafe and she pulled over as quickly as possible. Doesn't matter, it's toast.

My wife's 2001 LS recently overheated with the result that a head gasket started leaking. A reputable repair shop put in a new overflow bottle and a high tech version of stop-leak but it still leaked. I added Bars Leak and that helped but I don't expect it to last. Except for the head gasket...

If you haven't already done so, now would be a good time for you to flush the cooling fan hydraulic system. The pump and valves get gummed up over the years and will eventually get to the point where the fan will not operate at high enough speed to cool the engine when in slow traffic or...

Telco, My car had registered an "E" transmission code and would not shift into 4th or 5th gear. The error code indicated a shift solenoid problem (I think it was P0734/5). I replaced the solenoid pack but that didn't fix anything. I then replaced the 4-3 pre-stroke control valve spring and...

2001 LS Tranny Pre-stroke valve spring replace: I recently did an in-car replacement of the 5R55N pre-stroke valve spring on my 2001 LS and have a few tips to pass on to anybody who might still be thinking of doing it by himself. 1. In my case, the tranny mount had to come off to make room...