My 2001 Saturn L300 is having a serious power loss. The dealer says

its a clogged cat and will cost about $1500 in parts alone. Cats on

line are around a hundred bucks, but are not approved for CA. At this

point I dont even care about passing smog, I just want to squeeze

another year out of this car. Any ideas or cheaper options

available? Thanks....

I am getting 300km or 187miles, how bad is that? tx

The hood release spring on my '01 SC2 has vanished. It's the big one

in the latch mechanism that causes the hood to pop when you pull the

release.

Where can I get the specs on that spring to replace it?

Time-Warner corporate is dropping usenet news as of June 23, 2008.

Please help by asking them to keep it. The person to call works for the

TW president:

Barbara Burroughs

phone 203-351-2281

email: barbara.burroughs@t­wcable.com

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Four or so years ago when I started posting here this NG was alive with

knowledgeable Saturn owners who came here selflessly to discuss all things

Saturn and help each other resolve problems. Lately though this has been a

harbor for trolls and naysayer who has only one intention, which is to slam

Saturn and deter others from enjoying the company of those who should be

here. You know who you are.

What is happening here and where have all the good posters gone? I have

always enjoyed speaking with the likes of Lane, Oppie, BlahBlah and many

others, but now I am disheartened by all the trollness from others here whom

derive extreme joy out of ruining a good thing. You know who you are.

Faux name-changing posters who ask baiting questions then presume another

user name only to bash, people who have no clue about anything other than

how to be ugly, rumor-spreaders and plain garden variety a**holes. Yep, it's

a salad-toss here and there's alot of salad-tossers here all too eager to

prove themselves. You know who you are and will most likely reply to this

now, won't you? And that's the purpose of this post, go ahead and prove me

right.

This NG is for Saturn owners not trolls.

http://www.hydrocar­fuel.com

I really meant to send you that information this past weekend. Too many

honeydew projects that took priority...

All of the 4-wheel disc ABS systems I've seen have a separate drum for the

e-brake. If you tell me that you have rear drums - and are sure of it, I'll

send you that information.

Generally, you never adjust the e-brake cable. You adjust the star wheel

only

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Vehicle Specs:

2000 Saturn SL2 with just over 14,000 miles

Background:

Since October my 'Service Engine Soon' light has been coming on with

some degree of frequency. My service technicians say the problem is

in the EVAP system. Initially I was told to turn my gas cap at least

three clicks after pumping gas. When that didn't work, the gas cap

was replaced. When that didn't work, some temperature related element

(a thermostat if memory serves correctly) was replaced. I think there

was one other replacement after that. Things seemed to be going

better (as measured by almost a month without a 'Service Engine Soon'

light coming on) until a month and a half ago when my transmission

(rear & 2nd gear to be specific) blew and I had to have it replaced.

This morning the 'Service Engine Soon' light popped on and sure

enough, the technicians are telling me that it's the EVAP system

again. At this point they say they have run every test known and

consulted with Saturn engineers. They ultimately replaced one of the

two solenoids, simply because the only parts of the EVAP system that

haven't been replaced are the solenoids, so they're hoping this fixes

it, and if it doesn't, then they'll simply fix the other solenoid.

Question:

Since I've never personally known someone with either EVAP problems or

a blown transmission, and since most of the people I know are driving

cars older than mine and those cars have had significantly less engine

problems than mine, I can't help but wonder - is it possible that my

transmission blew because of the mystery EVAP problem/s?

If you have GM key fobs then it is a GM alarm system.

If you didn't see my post with the link go back and look.

This is completely nuts! I tried several auto parts stores and nobody had

or even knew of the diode. One mechanic said to try Radio Shack (you know,

the place where they say "you have questions, we have answers") and no

dice there either.

Finally gave up and made one from an old mini blade fuse. ripped out the

fuse link and with a razor blade, cut off the top 1/16" of the plastic

housing. This exposed the pins at top for soldering in a new 1N4005 (1

amp, 200 piv) diode. The new assembly does not have the polarity

protection that the original had. I made sure to add the polarity (the

diode symbol) to the fuse box cover so it does not get confused.

Haven't tried it yet but would assume that if the diode is in reversed,

opening a door will not turn on the rear cargo lamp (conversely, turning

on the cargo lamp at the dome light will turn on the other interior

lights).

Oppie

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