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Won't start after overheated engine

Tiny
HARRYBROWN76
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  • 2002 CHEVROLET CAVALIER
  • 140,000 MILES
If your car overheated now it won't start most of the time and when it does it has low compression, what could be wrong? After the car overheated and shut down is when I found the crack in the radiator. Repaired the radiator, fill with fluid and tried to start the car. It sounded like it wanted to start but wasn't getting any gas. I held the gas pedal down and it started after a few seconds but seemed like it didn't have any power.
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 AT 4:20 PM

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Tiny
RASMATAZ
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Check the fuel pressure with a gauge if its within specs-start here
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 AT 4:28 PM
Tiny
JAYBIN82
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Might of fried the head gasket or warped the head
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 AT 6:06 PM

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