There was a fuel pump problem on 'some' 97's that Saturn extended the >warranty on. They mailed out a letter to VIN's affected (I received one). >However I think even if yours was one that is affected, the extended period >has expired by now (sorry). Is everything else fine, like plug wires and >coil towers? I used to get corrosion on one of the coils regularly.>

"crowold" <crowold101@msn.com­> wrote in message >news:4d3d6e3c32f01­c87a115a108d4396a0a@­localhost.talkabouta­utos.com...>> I've read a couple other postings with similar comments but I thought I>> would get some opinions on my situation. My '97 SC1 seems to occasionally>> have starting and idling problems. Most of the time (when it occurs) the>> car has a bad shuddering when idling. when you accelerate there seems to>> be no power from the car. I can put the pedal to the floor and get only a>> slow acceleration. I've taken it in and they replaced a crank sensor.>> (which may or not have been bad) but the problem came back. the weird>> thing is that this usually happens in damp or sometimes cold weather.>> I've put fuel line cleaner in many times (like "Heet") it seems to clear>> the problem up for a short time. Last night it ran fine this morning it>> won't start at all. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. thanks>>