Okay, I have a 2000 Chrysler LHS. I got it used from a pawn shop last november. When I bought it the pawn shop owner told me taht he didn't know if it had ever gotten a timing belt replacement. The car had 120,000 miles so if it hadn't it was about to need one. Anyway all winter it ran great. In March I planned to drive it across country for spring break. I didn't want any major issues on the road so I had some work done before I left. In the process I replaced the timing belt and the water pump. After I had it replaced the mechanics who were working on it told me they recognized the car from previous work they had done on it. They were able to identify certain aspects of the car that let me know that they did in fact know the previous owner.
Fast forward a week and my car shows some signs of overheating. As the temperature outside increases my car seems to overheat more and more. I figured that the timing was off so I took the car back to the mechanics. They were too busy that day to work on it, and I was to busy to leave it with them. They did tell me that they knew why the car was overheating. They said that their buddy had a headgasket that needed replacing. They said he had to take it to three shops to diagnose and try to fix the problem. He eventually got tired of messing with it so he pawned the car.
So I take the car to another shop. I left the car there all day. When I got back the mechanic told me that from all the tests that he had run that the head gasket was fine. He suggested that I take it back to have the timing checked out.
My car doesn't blow white smoke, and there is no oil in the coolant. All it does is overheat and it sometimes feels like it is losing power. I'm taking it back to the original shop to have the timing checked.
I never had a problem from November to March. Currently when my heater is on the car doesn't overheat. The car may not have overheated from november to march because I always had my heater on. Do you guys think I always had the problem, and that it was just a coincedence that I had work done at the same time I stopped needing my heater, or does this just sound like a timing issue?

 

I will assume the basics have been checked. The coolant level,thermostat,fan is coming on. Has between the rad and a/c condensor been checked for debris? This car has the 3.2L? Some and this is a very low number,had some casting debris blocking a coolant passage in the lh cyl head. I had one where the debris was about the size of a pin head. Some times you can get at it if you remove the thermostat[a pain with this car]but in most cases the cyl head was come off.

 

ive been working for chrysler/dodge for over 20 years and only replaced 2 cyl heads and that was for sludge on a 2.7.the problem sounds like the coolant fans are not coming on at all.you didn't have this problem before the summer.and i would have the mechanics retrace their steps to make sure they plugged them in because they have to be removed to install the timing belt. my thinking is that if the timing were off the car would set a code and check enging light would come on.plus you would loose power.let me know ................moe