Tuesday, 13 November 2007
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| Re: leftover SC2 parts Oppie 16:24:31 |
| | My brother-in-law sells over $1000 a month through ebay and seems to be
doing rather well with it. My one experience with ebay was when I tried to
buy a service manual for a copier on ebay and got burned. By the time I
realized that the goods weren't coming, it was too late to file a grievance.
Best I could do was give the seller a bad review.
Most of what I hear about ebay is positive though.
Oppie
"marx404" <404@404.com> wrote in message
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Now that I have sold the '02 SC2, I now have just a few spare parts that I can't use on my ION. I have been contemplating selling them. I have an AEM short-ram intake w/K&N cone, a K&N drop-in filter, clear corner SPS lights, and perhaps more. Am I best selling them on eBay or thru one of the many Saturn forums? and how trustable is eBay to sell stuff on? TIA -- marx404
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| Re: what's wrong with saturn ? severe mechanical problems after oil change Bob Shuman 16:19:50 |
| | For the record, there are 5 solenoids in the Saturn TAAT automatic
transmission (*I believe this is the one used on your '02 SL), not 3!
Good luck to you with whatever vehicle you purchased. I'd definitely stay
away from the place you received the transmission service.
Bob
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well this is a good bye and good luck to the rest of you. ...
... had a reverse slam problem which I was informed was caused by 2 burned out solenoids- (2 at once, hmmmm) I had all 3 replaced with new ones at a hefty price.
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Sunday, 11 November 2007
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| Re: Manual Shifting a Steep Hill - !PLEH Fred 03:54:54 |
| | I used to pull up on the emergency brake on my old Datsun and then
rev it up and get some torque on the tires and then let off on the brake.
Not too good for the clutch but then it did last 100k miles before
it needed relining.
Hard to do while having my morning coffee however. Of course that was
only going To work. Home was down-hill.
Fred
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On Nov 8, 7:18 am, spamb...@milmac.com (Doug Miller) wrote: In article <473288b6$0$19730$4c368...@roadrunner.com>, "marx404" yea, idiot drivers are as prevalent as cell phones, they go hand in hand  An old timer at work told me about using the e-brake too, I'll have to practice it on a lonely hill one day until I master that too. He said here that a manual tranny attracts tailgaters here, it's like an idiot magnet. Thanks all for putting up with a stupid question. I'm allowed Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. haven't had that problem yet but when I do I think I'll just slowly roll back and use hime as a parkingstop then get the rpm up until I can get going and give him a nice firendly wave for helping out
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Saturday, 10 November 2007
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| 95 Saturn SL2 Oil Leak Leeinwind 04:47:37 |
| | I have this problem for quite a while. Oil needed adding 1qt/300 mi. I
replaced valve cover gasket (together with pistion gaskets). But the oil
consumption is still the same as before. I saw puddles starting from
intake. I know this sounds odd. But I did see Oil not fuel. I also feel
some oil outside oil pan gasket. So my next step is to replance the oil
pan gasket. But one friend online told me it could be the problem of
O-ring of oil pump and if I don't fix it, the oil leakage will continue.
I'm a little confusing. Oil pump locates inside. How could the o-ring
result in an oil leaking to the ground?
Any advice or suggestions are appreciated in advance.
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| Re: radio locked out Oppie 00:58:47 |
| | Sorry to say, you must go to the dealer on this one unless you get lucky
entering the number sequence.
If I remember correctly, you should be able to do some button sequence which
will display a number that if given to Saturn will yield an unlock code.
Google gives these options:
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=saturn+radio+unlock
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I have a 2000 SL2 that I bought used. I recently had to do some work which required disconnecting the battery. Apparently, there is some sort of anti-theft stuff that requires entering a code to get the radio to work. All the radio says is LOCK. The manual says to go to the dealer. There has to be another way. Any ideas? thanks
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Friday, 9 November 2007
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| Re: Radio diagnostic Oppie 21:48:44 |
| | Won't help you until the radio gets unlocked but I found this post that I
made a while back on how to access the radio diagnostics:
http://www.autostalk.com/saturn-cars/board-radio-diagnostic-322307.html
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Sorry to say, you must go to the dealer on this one unless you get lucky entering the number sequence. If I remember correctly, you should be able to do some button sequence which will display a number that if given to Saturn will yield an unlock code. Google gives these options: "stonecreek" <someone@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:13j74j56bh3cr7b@corp.supernews.com... I have a 2000 SL2 that I bought used. I recently had to do some work which required disconnecting the battery. Apparently, there is some sort of anti-theft stuff that requires entering a code to get the radio to work. All the radio says is LOCK. The manual says to go to the dealer. There has to be another way.
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Tuesday, 6 November 2007
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| Lots of smoke from exhaust Jeff 17:03:52 |
| | My sister-in law has a '95 sw2. Just recently she is getting a lot of
smoke coming from the exhaust. My dad checked the plugs, he said that
they looked fine.
This burns oil just like most Saturns of that year. It's done that for
years and this is a new development. What are some things we could check?
Thanks,
Jeff
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| car dies Jettaway 05:58:18 |
| | very odd thing here.......Starts right up from a COLd start....but if I drive
down the road and stop (don't even have to turn off engine...the idle drops
and most of the time dies. 4 hours later I can get into the car and it
starts but immediately dies. smells like it has flooded out. I can
sometimes get it started and keep the idle above 1500 and it will continue to
run but if I need to stop say at the store it won't start upon return it just
does the ra ra ra ra...but won't turn over. Would this be something with the
choke? or is it the fuel pump?
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| What Car Companies Will Be Around 5 Years From Now? Teem 05:14:57 |
| | The way it's going ,not a whole many.Chrysler announced the
cancellation of 4 models,as a starter.
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Sunday, 4 November 2007
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| 1994 SC2 Tom 23:39:41 |
| | Hi, i have just installed a Remote Start system in my 94 Saturn SC2, i am
sure the wiring is correct, I and several ppl have checked it over and we all
agree it is right. The alarm system and door locks work great, the only
problem i am having is when i hit the button to start the car the start
cranks, but the car does not start. Also i cannot start the car using only
the key. Now the car does start if i get in turn the key to ON and then hit
the button on the remote to start. The system did not come with any relays,
therefore i did not install any, is that the problem? The system is a ScyTek
400RS Series.
Thank you for the help!
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Friday, 2 November 2007
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| Re: Cost to replace Valve Cover Gasket? (still nobody knows what the prob is) Steve 02:52:45 |
| | Simple things first (or last), has the throttle body been cleaned?
Steve
"kohlrabi_croce" <kohlrabi_croce@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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hi all,
I posted on Oct. 3 about my problems with mechanics and getting a
diganosis. I have a 1993 saturn SW2 station wagon. Since then, I
spent
about $550 for the 4th mechanic to change the spark plugs, spark plug
cables,
and supposedly clean the gasoline out of the engine because, they
said, it
had washed the rings, but the rings were still operational. Oh, and
overcharge
for putting a new tire on.
Now it's already starting to have problems again with starting. It's
just like before: it seems to start ok in the morning or at night when
it's cooler, but in the daytime, it's harder. Or when the engine is
warm, it's harder. I have to press the gas pedal all the way to the
floor to get the engine to catch, and sometimes it will just die if I
take my foot off the pedal. Once it starts, and I'm backed out
of the parking spot and moving forward, it's ok.
mecahnic #1 thought it was something electrical, but not anything fuel
related. Pep Boys (#2) was worthless. The saturn dealership (#3)
thought
it was the spark plugs, the valve cover gasket, the fuel filter, the
coolant
temperature sensor, and thought it needed a fuel injection cleaning.
They also wanted to sell me 4 new tires because I had one flat.
Advanced Auto Dynamics (#4) decided it was the spark plugs and
spark plug wires. They said it wasn't the valve cover gasket, that
there
was some leakage but that is common for Saturns, and just to check
it each time I get an oil change.
That worked for about a week, and now it's starting up again. Any
ideas about what I could suggest to mechanic #5? When I can go, that
is....
Lane wrote:
An S-Series valve cover replacement doesn't require much skill - just a bit of patience and confidence. If you have that and do it yourself, it will cost around $50. It is a very easy repair. --- Visit my Saturn Car Audio and Performance Page at "BlДBlД" <killfiltered.trolls@br3tludw1g.sn0m4n.m1st3rf4ct.s!rcre4p.c0m> wrote in message news:MPG.216dd33235cc50839896ff@news-server.woh.rr.com... Likely a S-series...? Strange, 4 places/people had the plugs out and only the third noticed the oil in the plug wells? If oil has saturated the spark plug boots then the spark is probably grounding out. If it is an S-series 'Compression Sense Timing' could easily be thrown off by this and unable to make heads or tails of the situation. Type in "valve cover" in their search bar. $350 will easily buy decent tools and parts needed but not the skill. If you understand the walkthroughs people have done then give it a try. No starts are usually very easy to diagnose unless they're sporadic... In article <4703d531$0$16505$88260bb3@news.teranews.com>, boppie@nospam.com says... Might help if you told us what model / year you have. As commonly stated here, engine starts on a combination of spark, fuel air. find which one is missing and go from there. If you can't get it least running poorly, you can't get a good diagnosis on anything else. "kohlrabi_croce" <kohlrabi_croce@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1191433859.583256.42540@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... I'm about at my wit's end here. I'm currently on my 4th mechanic, am very worried he's going to go through the $900 I still have left, and then some. Problem is: car doesn't start. The first mechanic is a guy who just fixes cars in his driveway, without a shop or proper tools. He said it wasn't the fuel filter or fuel pump, but he thought it was I told him I expected the spark plugs were bad, and he didn't even next, I took it to Pep Boys. They said that cylinder number one was bad, that the engine had no compression, but they they don't know about fixing no engines so I'd have to go to a place that does fix Next, I took it to the Saturn Dealership. They said the compression fine, the engine is still good, but it needs a valve cover gasket. Apparently they didn;t even try to figure why it won't start; they just took a look at the spark plugs and said: "oh they are covered in oil, that's got to be the reason." They also said it needed some minor stuff that is not about getting it to start, like a coolant temperature sensor and a tuneup. $915.00. So I took it out of there another opinion. $95 Please. Now it's at mechanic number 4. At least he said: "let's get it to start first, then figure out what else is wrong." Ok so he's replacing the spark plugs and spark plug cables, putting one new tire on it (that went flat while the car was just sitting for a month), $550. wow. I only have $350 left. So if I can't afford to pay this guy to do anything else, which I think is likely, I may have to take it somewhere to have somebody just open up the engine, slap a valve cover gasket on it and close it back up again without doing anything else. Shouldn't it be possible to get that for
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Thursday, 1 November 2007
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| Haynes ION manual Marx404 14:40:35 |
| | I just got the newly released Haynes ION manual. Took along time for them to
publish an ION book and definately not worth the wait. Not as comprehensive
as previous Haynes manuals, especially when it comes to tranny , only 3
pages and not much info. on the tranny and just a paragraph or two on manual
trannys at that. Very thin book.
Anyone have the Chilton version and is it more in detail? (last time I buy a
plastic wrapped book) TIA
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007
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| Simple Saturn Tailpipe Q Mark G. Meyers 17:11:10 |
| | Hi,
Mid-way down the car, at the tail end of the catalytic converter, there are
flanges and 3 bolts on my '95 Saturn SW1. If they were nuts at some point,
I couldn't tell you, but whatever's left has to come off, because the oil
pan is coming out. Just curious, what do you use when replacing these bits
of old fasteners?
TIA -
Mark
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| Scan Tool Keith 15:49:34 |
| | Has anybody bought their own scan tool? I was thinking of getting a
CreaderIV, will they work on my 2000 sl2 (the sleek-blue-beauty)?
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Monday, 29 October 2007
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| Re: '97 SC2 horn issue. Marx404 00:34:40 |
| | Not sure if this helps but FIAM (spelling?) makes a replacement for just
about any GM horn. Have the local parts store counter check out the part or
goto NAPA they might have an exact replacement.
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Hello, Sorry if this has been hashed to death in earlier posts. I have searched the archives and still have questions. My horn is not working, BTW I hate the position of the horn buttons. Almost impossible to hit one of them when it is immediately needed. That aside. I removed the suspect horn. Checked the voltage at the connector and their is 12v when the horn button is pressed. From reading past posts I understand that this horn has the relay integrated into it. I went to Auto Zone and they sold me a horn that, they said would work with my car. When I got it home it only has 2 terminals to connect to = no relay on the horn. I have searched the net for a replacement horn that has a relay integrated into the horn but have yet to find one. Any info and or links to a site that has one will be appreciated. Thanks Dan.
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Saturday, 27 October 2007
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| further thoughts on spark plugs, coolant sensors and engine starting Kohlrabi Croce 03:32:07 |
| | hi all,
I've been doing some further thinking about it, and
I'm just having some thoughts about how engines work.....
Mechanic #4, the one who did the work, told me that the problem
with the bad spark plugs was what was causing the engine to be
flooded with gas, which caused the rings to become washed.
When I heard that, I wasn't so sure it made sense, because the
spark plugs basically just provide the "spark", right?
When I heard that If the sensor tells the computer the engine is
the wrong temperature then it gets the wrong amount of gas at
startup, I thought that was probably what caused it, not the bad
spark plugs.
So mechanic #4 told me he had to clean the gasoline out
of the engine (isn't that weird - engines are supposed to have
gasoline in them), but that the rings were still ok. But then I
looked at the invoice, and they don;t have any such kind
of labor work listed on there. All it says is: replace ignition
cable set, replace all six spark plugs. That's in addition to
the diagnosis. So: what if that is all they did - what if that was
what it needed to be able to get it to start again, even though
it still doesn't start without problems?
Hmm..maybe a better to put it would be: could the coolant
temp sensor cause the engine to become so flooded that it
doesn't start? Or could the spark plugs cause that, though I
don;t see how? Or was the mechanic just telling me something
he thought I would buy?
I'm wondering, because I'm working on formulating my complaint
against this guy.
TIA!
PS the car is working gingerly. I am trying to be real easy on it
until the part & book arrive.
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Friday, 26 October 2007
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| IAT Sensor Guest 17:42:25 |
| | Where is the IAT Sensor on a 2005 Saturn Ion 2.2L engine? I was told it had 2 small wires going to it? I have a small module to plug into it for performance. |
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Thursday, 25 October 2007
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| Re: Manual shifter break-in period Oppie 18:11:42 |
| | As the clutch surface wears in, only the friction point range should
change - the clutch pedal distance from starting to grab to fully engaged.
As it wears in, this distance decreases. Should have absolutely no effect on
pedal force.
They might be using a heavier pressure plate spring or different mechanical
advantage in the pedal to release arm.
Oppie
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Is there a point where my '07 ION will become easier to shift? I cringe when shifting as it feels like it takes more force on this shifter than say an old '03 ION to put the shifter from gear to gear. Is there an expected break-in period on this shifter or is this a newer type of shifter than on an '03 ION and it just shifts crappy? -- marx404
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| Re: '97 SL2 shakes on slowdown JimR 04:16:23 |
| | JimR wrote:
1997 SL2 1.9 L manual transmission, 186000 miles For the last several months, when I decelerate to a stop in normal traffic, frequently the engine shakes violently. This happens as the engine approaches idle speed, in or around 1100 - 1200 rpm. It happens frequently, but not every time. I went in yesterday for service, and the dealer scanned code P0341. They removed the ignition module and cleaned the coil grounds. However, that did not help. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks, Jim
I just read a thread on Saturnfans.com that sounds kind of like this.
The problem mentioned there was a dirty EGR valve. Cleaning it seems to
make some improvements in problems such as rough idle.
Jim again
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| Re: Cost to replace Valve Cover Gasket? (still nobody knows what Justastreekin 02:28:21 |
| | Have the injectors been cleaned and checked, I have a 93 sl2 and had one of
the injectors stick at about 130 thousand miles, replaced it then the
injectors were mismatched and caused a lean misfire problem at idle which
didnt occure all the time, i finaly got a set of injectors from a junkyard
car and cleaned and tested them myself not an easy project! the stuff you
put in the tank will not clean them enough to help! that stuff is only
efective if you use it regularly.
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Monday, 22 October 2007
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| Fixed: 2000 Saturn SL2 engine dies often but can be restarted Leeinwind 20:54:29 |
| | I'm coming back to report the result. I fixed the problem which was caused
by EGR valve failure. I tried to clean it but after a while, it failed
again so at last I bought a new one and then everything was perfect.
Thank everyone here. I got many useful advices.
Good luck.
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Friday, 19 October 2007
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| 97 sc1 coolant disappearance ernz via CarKB.com 19:24:11 |
| | my daughters car is a 97 sc1, noticed over the last few months of having to
add a little coolant every few weeks. there are no signs of leakage, so i
presume it is getting burned. also notice here lately that the car starts
rough then clears after a short time. i suspect the headgasket is starting to
give up. car runs great after about 15-30 seconds and doesn't heat up. has
anybody had this experience, and what kind of $ for a headgasket replace?
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