more help with 2001 pontiac grand am please!! ?

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Okay so Ive asked two questions about the car already and keep coming back to ask more because needless to say its problem after problem :( here are the other two questions reading them might help you understand a little bit more about my situation

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjlWEQZG3DSbSntKexF028nsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081031190652AAWUNKy


http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjYrRjIqcmA30YyseEHMlUXsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081121065334AAnEM7m

okay well since then Ive come to have the fans put on the right way but like every other time we fix something its not the cause of the problem... the car is still running hot we have put the dex-cool 5050 in there and water every other time to try to keep it from running hot well I was giving four more options of what could be wrong with the car 1) The hoses are collapsing when the car runs hot. 2) Its blown head gasket. 3) Its a cracked block. 4) The radiator needs to be flushed. Well today my father and I went out to run some test on it to see if we could find the root of the problem, we started the car poured water in there let it bubble up then added more but in the process the exhaust was blowing steam out very bad and when I touched it , it was in deed water that was causing this and I was told that , that's a sign of a head gasket problem but my oil is fine it doesn't look milky or any different that it ever has before but thats when I was told it could be a cracked block which is worst than the head gasket!! Basiclly Im sick of putting money into this car along with my truck which ill be posting another question about after this one if anyone could tell me what the problem could be or atleast if any of those four possable problems are right without telling me to get a better mechanic money is tight and im doing the best I can with the hand im dealt right now also about how much will it cost to get the head gasket replaces and a new engine if its a cracked block? is it even worth trying to put money into the car or should we just sell it for what we can get? thanks!
to the third person that answered thanks and trust me my boyfriend, brother and soon to be brother in law beat the brakes off him lol and still aint done but the sad part about it is he is the one that we trusted in the get go to help fix the car up when we thought we had a fuel pump problem!
 
keep in mind there will be water coming out of the tailpipe as a result of the catalytic converter operation. have you tried cracking the air valves on the thermostat housing or bypass pipe. there can be no air in the coolant.when it reaches operating temp, crack the before mentioned valves until coolant comes out, this will release all the air in the system.
 
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