Cadillac North Star Overheating
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2014
- common reasons why Cadillac North Star motors overheat, and blow head gaskets.Years explained are 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 to current date.
It's worth mentioning that the 97-99 models were NOT bad if you were lucky enough to get one that the headbolts weren't overtorqued during assembly. For whatever it's worth, I DID get lucky... I have a '99 Deville that runs like brand new at 195K.
I just bought a 97 in prestige condition it has 124 thousand miles on it , the motor in this car is strong , the Transmission is strong no erratic shifting . I look up what North Star engines to stay away from and the 97 weren't the ones too , so I don't know if you have had a bad experience or you where mislead , but we will see from this day forward with in 6 months to a year I'll come back to this video and give you my thoughts and reviews on this 97 I have and see if any changes needed to be needed .
I have a 97 Cadillac SLS Seville with 202,905 and no problems...💯
Thanks Bro Stone ! I didn't know about the '97, '98 & the 1999 models. I have a 2000 Caddy Eldorado. It's been a good performing car overall, but it's gotten a little warm over the years from time to time. I didn't know about those header bolts until you told us in this video. The older Cadillac engines, before 1992, were good engines and had great cooling systems. The North star engines, most were good, but all had those paper thin radiators and of course those water pump pulleys and overflow tank issues. I appreciate the heads-up on which models were the best to buy & ones not to.
WOOOHOOOO! he didnt say 96! YEAAAAHHHH!😁😁😁😁
Thanks Bro Stone for this video. I bought a 2002 Deville last year for $5200, here in South Florida. It has 61K one conscientious owner miles. I use the car for I-95 travel as well as leisurely rides up A1A from Miami to Jupiter.. It has bigger nuts than an African Elephant! It cruises nicely at 92 mph and get's on pass 18 wheel trucks with ease. I hope to get at least several more years out of it. It really fits in out on Palm Beach Island. Looks very impressive on Worth Ave. I feel good driving it.
Dont panic. Go through your entire cooling system check for leaks and the water pump and tentioner. The 96 northstar is one of the better ones.
"if this engine doesn't keep cool, it overheats" no shit
If you don’t well maintenance a Cadillac or bought one that wasn’t well maintained you will be watching this for some pointers lol 😂
Northstar was such an advanced engine. Look at this one from 2000. Notice the coil packs directly on the spark plugs!! No ignition wires to leak a d go bad. I just want to add that another cause of overheating is a clogged purge line. At the top of that surge tank is another hose. Follow it back to the engine block, and remove the hose, and the "bolt with a hole in it". That bolt sometimes gets plugged up with bits of gasket material, or globs of stop leak someone might have added. Make sure there is coolant flow at that hose. Great video. I have a 96 with 112k, and never had any problems with it.
I have a 1997 Cadillac Deville...right at 300k miles.....had it since 60k miles.....never had no problems...
I love the fact that 97 to 99 Northstar 'ENGINES' blow head gaskets and tear out 'HEAD' bolts! I buy them boiling for $500, install Northstar performance head studs and sell them for a nice little profit!! One man's loss is another man's gain. :-D
Currently have a 1999 Deville and everything you said in this video is completely 100% correct. The main issue of why my car overheated is because of the damn reservoir. Normal resting temperature of the Northstar engine is between 190° and 220° and no more than 240° when idle but if it goes beyond 220° you may have some fan issues. The engine usually shuts off at 260°.
Just picked up a '95 ElDog (Eldorado) and LOVE IT!!! Had 99k on it. 1 owner and they kept impeccable maintenance. This video helped with my purchase. 'Preciate ya!👍🏾
This was really helpful, thank you for putting this out there.
i was gonna look at a 97 this morning..glad i found your video.
I had the water pump tensioner issue with my 2002 Eldorado ETC, it did in fact lead to the water pump also needing to be replaced, happened at roughly 115,000 miles. Did not blow the heads when overheating thankfully enough. Nice vid! Thanks for the informative content!
My 1996 had the short head bolts. At about 180,000 miles it blew the head gasket. Overheated four times on me before then. Got a 2004 now. Seems to be much more stable in that area. The problems with mine were 1) the water pump (they wear out and leak) and 2) the radiator.
(1) its a engine not a motor/ a engine runs on gas a motor runs on electricity.(2) I have a 1999 Eldo with 378,792 very well taken care of still runs great, never rebuilt, never goes over 190 degree or half way. (3) When I worked for Cadillac and have taken apart and rebuilt my share of many Cadillac engines only 97 and 98 engines had this problem, the problem with the 99s was that the ones built in Oct to march had the 1998 engines in them, in April 1999 is when we went to the longer head bolt. (4) if people would change there anti freeze to O.E.M. specs they would not have the problems they have. thank you and have a nice day
Had a 98 Seville SLS. Head gasket failure at 87,000 miles. Cost $7000 to have a new (not remanufactured) engine installed at the Cadillac dealer. Now I have a 2001 STS with 185,000 miles. No head gasket problems yet. Thanks for making the video.