| Saturn sl [message #516546] |
Sat, 19 November 2005 06:35 |
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I have oil in my cooling system, and use a lot of oilin my engine. There is
no water in the engine oil.
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #516548 ] |
Sat, 19 November 2005 13:18 |
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In article
<1bf74ed90a43d6d27f7b92249ba3147e [at] localhost.talkaboutautos.com>,
koos [at] nospam.myself.com. says...
> I have oil in my cooling system, and use a lot of oilin my engine. There is
> no water in the engine oil.
Is the car blue or green?
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #516549 ] |
Sat, 19 November 2005 17:50 |
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"koos1" <koos [at] nospam.myself.com.> typed until their fingers bled, and
came up with:
> I have oil in my cooling system, and use a lot of oilin my engine.
> There is no water in the engine oil.
>
I'm guessing you have a '95 or '96. There was a known casting flaw in
those engines. 1 of the 3 I work on suffered from it. You'll need a new
head.
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #516550 ] |
Sat, 19 November 2005 18:29 |
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In article <Xns97136E4E346ACaskmecom [at] 213.155.197.138>, nospam [at] brick.net
says...
> "koos1" <koos [at] nospam.myself.com.> typed until their fingers bled, and
> came up with:
>
> > I have oil in my cooling system, and use a lot of oilin my engine.
> > There is no water in the engine oil.
> >
>
> I'm guessing you have a '95 or '96. There was a known casting flaw in
> those engines. 1 of the 3 I work on suffered from it. You'll need a new
> head.
Then you must also be guessing he has a SL1 SOHC? I hate it when people
make vague post. I dont like answering them until they post some useful
details.
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #516552 ] |
Sat, 19 November 2005 20:50 |
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New head, new water pump, and all new rubber coolant hoses too if the head
is cracked.
Bob
"Kevin M. Keller" <nospam [at] brick.net> wrote in message
news:Xns97136E4E346ACaskmecom [at] 213.155.197.138...
> "koos1" <koos [at] nospam.myself.com.> typed until their fingers bled, and
> came up with:
>
> > I have oil in my cooling system, and use a lot of oilin my engine.
> > There is no water in the engine oil.
> >
>
> I'm guessing you have a '95 or '96. There was a known casting flaw in
> those engines. 1 of the 3 I work on suffered from it. You'll need a new
> head.
>
> --
> Visit the Saturn Performance Club - http://www.saturnperformanceclub.com
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #516554 ] |
Sat, 19 November 2005 22:10 |
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blah blah <bl [at] h.blah> typed until their fingers bled, and came up with:
>>
>> I'm guessing you have a '95 or '96. There was a known casting flaw
>> in those engines. 1 of the 3 I work on suffered from it. You'll
>> need a new head.
>
> Then you must also be guessing he has a SL1 SOHC?
The poster stated they had an SL, which has the SOHC motor.
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #516555 ] |
Sat, 19 November 2005 22:12 |
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"Bob Shuman" <reshuman [at] removethis.lucent.com> typed until their fingers
bled, and came up with:
> New head, new water pump, and all new rubber coolant hoses too if the
> head is cracked.
I agree about the new hoses, and I'd add a new thermostat. But if you
follow the FSM engine flush procedure, I see no need for a new water pump.
At least, I didn't replace the pump on the one I did, and 30k miles later,
it's still running like a champ.
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #516557 ] |
Sat, 19 November 2005 22:40 |
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Yes, on the T-Stat ... forgot that. On the water pump, if you have some
miles on the vehicle it is just easier to do it now while it is all apart.
If you don't you may be doing one within the next year and labor will be
minimal since you are in there now anyway.
Bob
"Kevin M. Keller" <nospam [at] brick.net> wrote in message
news:Xns97139AAA5DD63askmecom [at] 213.155.197.138...
> "Bob Shuman" <reshuman [at] removethis.lucent.com> typed until their fingers
> bled, and came up with:
>
>> New head, new water pump, and all new rubber coolant hoses too if the
>> head is cracked.
>
> I agree about the new hoses, and I'd add a new thermostat. But if you
> follow the FSM engine flush procedure, I see no need for a new water pump.
> At least, I didn't replace the pump on the one I did, and 30k miles later,
> it's still running like a champ.
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #516559 ] |
Sun, 20 November 2005 00:42 |
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"Bob Shuman" <no_spam_thx [at] sbcglobal.net> typed until their fingers bled,
and came up with:
> Yes, on the T-Stat ... forgot that. On the water pump, if you have
> some miles on the vehicle it is just easier to do it now while it is
> all apart. If you don't you may be doing one within the next year and
> labor will be minimal since you are in there now anyway.
>
I had just done the pump a year before, so I skipped it. I agree with the
"since you've got it that far apart you might as well..." While doing the
head, I'd go ahead & replace the timing chain, and possibly the oil pump.
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #516564 ] |
Sun, 20 November 2005 05:08 |
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In article <Xns97139A5F5C820askmecom [at] 213.155.197.138>, nospam [at] brick.net
says...
> >> I'm guessing you have a '95 or '96. There was a known casting flaw
> >> in those engines. 1 of the 3 I work on suffered from it. You'll
> >> need a new head.
> >
> > Then you must also be guessing he has a SL1 SOHC?
>
> The poster stated they had an SL, which has the SOHC motor.
SL means nothing to me. He might as well have said S-series! Just so
you know, the S-series came with two engines and one was for S_1's and
the other was for S_2's. (L,C, or W) Oh and one has had casting flaws
and the other never did. So it would be nice to establish what someone
has before sending them in the wrong direction...
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #516565 ] |
Sun, 20 November 2005 06:09 |
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blah blah wrote:
> SL means nothing to me. He might as well have said S-series! Just so
> you know, the S-series came with two engines and one was for S_1's and
> the other was for S_2's. (L,C, or W) Oh and one has had casting flaws
> and the other never did. So it would be nice to establish what someone
> has before sending them in the wrong direction...
SL does mean something to Saturn, who sold a car by the name of SL, in
addition to the six you mentioned. As has been mentioned, it had the
same engine as the SL1
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #516569 ] |
Sun, 20 November 2005 16:34 |
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blah blah <bl [at] h.blah> typed until their fingers bled, and came up with:
> In article <Xns97139A5F5C820askmecom [at] 213.155.197.138>, nospam [at] brick.net
> says...
>> >> I'm guessing you have a '95 or '96. There was a known casting flaw
>> >> in those engines. 1 of the 3 I work on suffered from it. You'll
>> >> need a new head.
>> >
>> > Then you must also be guessing he has a SL1 SOHC?
>>
>> The poster stated they had an SL, which has the SOHC motor.
>
> SL means nothing to me.
The SL was the bare bones, few options version of the SL1. Manual
steering, 5-speed only, no right side mirror (was an option), front
speakers only, etc.
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #531471 ] |
Sat, 26 November 2005 18:50 |
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Sorry I haven't replied earlier were ot of town.
No the car is not a 95-96 but a 98. sl is the bottom of the line saturn
in other words the cheapest. FIve speed standard transmission. Someone
tokd me that the oil cooling lines in the radiator could be leaking what
do you think.
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #531478 ] |
Sat, 26 November 2005 22:28 |
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"koos1" <koos [at] nospam.myself.com.> typed until their fingers bled, and came
up with:
> Sorry I haven't replied earlier were ot of town.
> No the car is not a 95-96 but a 98. sl is the bottom of the line saturn
> in other words the cheapest. FIve speed standard transmission. Someone
> tokd me that the oil cooling lines in the radiator could be leaking what
> do you think.
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Well, there are no oil cooling lines in the radiator, so I doubt that's it.
The automatics have tranny cooler lines, but there are not in the 5-speeds.
I'd do a compression test, and see if you have a bad head gasket.
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| Re: Saturn sl [message #535544 ] |
Mon, 28 November 2005 20:29 |
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thanks ill try that
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