Northstar Headgasket/Bolt Failure? Please let us know

[submariner409]

SCOTT2325, You should post this and the one in the other head threads in the main Performance threads......these stickys are for poll and failure logging, not questions.......

[SCOTT2325]

Originally Posted by submariner409

SCOTT2325, You should post this and the one in the other head threads in the main Performance threads......these stickys are for poll and failure logging, not questions.......

I'm so sorry ..I'm new on here it takes time to know when and where to put things on here ..just give me time and be kool ! It's not the end of the world !

[goldendd]

I currently have a 1998 ECT with a blown head gasket @ 77K miles. I have owned countless Cadillacs and I am not going to stop. I am going to an auction on Tuesday to look at more. My question is what is the most obvious indication that a Northstar has a head gasket problem? I have an OBD tester that I take with me when I go to buy a car, is this enough? This is the second time I have been "burned" buying a Cadillac with an unknown major repair needed to make the car roadworthy. I don't want it to happen again. Any suggestions? Thanks!
P. S. Anybody looking for a '98 Eldo that just needs a little work?...Cheap??

[shawn00ETC]

2000 ETC
HG replaced at 113k
All head bolts were still tight, the gaskets themselves were deteriorated.

[dwight.j.carter]

I want to know who had issues on 2003 models as these are suppose to be darn near bulletproof ?
I heard of a 2005 model going bad somewhere also don't remember where though.

[dwight.j.carter]

First thing I did when I got my 2000 was drain the coolant and put in fresh.

[N0DIH]

The people listed are:
JonCR96Z, ktraub, mbl_rl

Click on the 2003 poll numbers at the end (the 2 for this one) and 3 people showed up....

Originally Posted by dwight.j.carter

I want to know who had issues on 2003 models as these are suppose to be darn near bulletproof ?
I heard of a 2005 model going bad somewhere also don't remember where though.

[Ur7x]

Originally Posted by N0DIH

The people listed are:
JonCR96Z, ktraub, mbl_rl

Click on the 2003 poll numbers at the end (the 2 for this one) and 3 people showed up....

JonCR96Z answered yes to owning ever year of North* and having them all blow...

So either he is really unlucky or full of BS...

Either way, his "vote" was deleted by the admins but his name was not.

[N0DIH]

Gotcha, statistically not likely going to have EVERY year....

Originally Posted by Ur7x

JonCR96Z answered yes to owning ever year of North* and having them all blow...

So either he is really unlucky or full of BS...

Either way, his "vote" was deleted by the admins but his name was not.

[RunnoverU]

1999 Seville SLS blown HG at 116,600 miles

[mtflight]

1998 ETC, started to spit coolant out the overflow, temperature would rise upon WOT or heavy driving---SOLD at 117,000 Nov 08

[egheorghe]

Is there a way we could find out how many members this forum has?
I'm interested to see what the percentage of northstars with HG problems is. If we can see it by year that would be perfect.

[STSj90]

Originally Posted by egheorghe

Is there a way we could find out how many members this forum has?
I'm interested to see what the percentage of northstars with HG problems is. If we can see it by year that would be perfect.

Its right above this thread....''view poll results''

[egheorghe]

Thanks STSj90 , but that would be = total number of HG problem/ total number of cadillac forum members * 100

[$piteldo]

December 28th 2008 .
1997 Eldorado w/ 84,500
Radiator, waterpump changed 1 month prior to overheating and HG blowing.
HG repaired for $3k.