Engine overheating?

The temp guage on my 2002 chey venture says that its overheating. I have changed the thermastat, and the water pump. Also the heater just stop working.

Need advice regarding repair or replace?
Van is 10 yrs, 84300 miles. Just spent $3000 on repairs, now its overheating & being towed to mechanic. Found 6 recalls, already paid for, did not know about recalls. How to get money back? Help with making decision to keep or replace.

Engine Cooling problem
2002 Chevy Venture 6 cyl 128500 miles

i had an intake gasket down and my car still overheats, why?

Because it probably was a head gasket. The gaskets SUCK on Ventures. At least until you replace them with the ones GM had to redesign.

Last April my van overheated it was the thermostat. I did an overhaul and replaced all the tubes, water pump, temperature sensor, sending unit, and thermostat. After this it was still overheating and I noticed I had bubbles in my overflow tank. I changed the head gaskets the bubbles went away and it seemed to be doing better for about a day.
The van was still getting hot 200°f-250°f. I could run the heater and it would cool down fairly easily and it seemed to heat up the most at highway speeds so this lead me to believe it was also a clogged radiator. This last weekend I put in a new radiator and thermostat (to be safe) and I am having The same issues.
The van operates at highway speeds at 203°f at a 60° ambient air temperature and 212° At 90° ambient air temp. At road speeds (35-45 mph) 198°f at both 60° and 90° ambient air temperature. My father in law is insistent that you cannot mix max strength dex-cool and distilled water 50/50 when adding new coolant. Which is what I did after changing my head gaskets. Is this the case and do I just need to get my system flushed and refilled to fix this issue?
Anything helps, thanks.

Also have replaced the radiator cap. Forgot to add that. Would a flush possibly help clear a blockage? And in the Phoenix summer it tends to run a little hotter at what point should I be concerned temperature wise?

I bought a 2002 Chevy Venture used with 94,000 k. I had put about 6,000 k on it when I was driving on the highway and it over heated. I shut the van off and about 2 hours later I had to drive the vehicle 3klm to a service station while it was over heated.

The vehicle was 3 liters low in coolant and the head gaskets where gone. The station said it was very rare to see this in such a new vehicle with low kilometers. Anyway, I was worried about the long term affects of my engine now that it had over heated and I had to drive 3 kilometers with the engine in this state. Can you tell me what I may expect in the future with this vehicle?

2002 chevrolet venture 3.4 L engine, 60000mls
the temperature gauge rises rapidly close to the red range and then drops back to the normal range