Hey my name's David. I'm a new member here after owning my grand prix since 2011. I'll be trolling around for some maintenance questions. I'm a member of several other forums such as; R3VLIMITED, CORRAL.NET, and 190R3V.
About my car:
Very basic...it's a 2006 pontiac grand prix base model. It currently has 177,000 miles on it (you wouldn't know by looking at it) and still runs like new. I financed it several years ago and plan on driving this thing into the ground. From what I researched, you can get a lot of life out of the 3800 series.
I'm having an issue with my check engine light being on and it's preventing me from passing emissions. Since I can't find the problem my car is now out of it's registration.I had the code checked at an O' Reilly's and it pulled up something with the emissions systems (AIR pump, solenoid, etc).
Well with my research I found that, because of the location of the AIR pump, usually it is the issue for the code I read being thrown. However, I just replaced it a couple of days ago and after 3-4 cold starts the check engine light came back on. Before spending another $150 or so on a new solenoid, what else should I check? Hoses were good, fuses were good, electrical connectors and their pins were good, fuses were good. Is there anything I'm missing or should I jump to the AIR pump check valve replacement?
Thanks all and hope to get a lot of information from this forum to keep my DD going for a long time!
