What can cause overheating after I installed a new thermostat

Asked by Guru9D31S2 Dec 03, 2020 at 01:50 PM about the 2001 Chevrolet Impala LS FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

The car started to overheat and lost acceleration so I
pulled over and now it won't start back up could it be the
heater coil or a head gasket

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do a compression test , is there goop under the oil fill cap ?

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Thermostat installed upside down? Air in the cooling system?

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What engine do you have? Did you bleed the cooling system? You need to do that. Hope that helps! Jim

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