New member from Akron Ohio, 2001 Saturn Sl1

[Golf3r]

hehe thanks for the replies. It just looked so good, and the feedback for the guy who sells them (turbomag) on ebay was 98% positive, and a lot of people reported improvements. go figure Anyway, It think im gonna go with synthetic next time. Ill get a good intake if i can find one and try out the PVC catch can thing and see how that improves things. the other changes are purely cosmetic. other than that im too worried ill f*ck something up if i mess with the engine (mmo soak) so ill just see how the oil consumption goes this time. BTW the miles that were put on were not easy. Stop and go in Columbus traffic as well as mostly city driving, and 4 trips both ways between Columbus and Akron (about 2 hours). The previous owner bought a 96 geo metro P.O.S. (no offence to metro owners) with 88k b4 the saturn. She drove that thing at least 5 times from akron to st augustine florida. The thing had 170K when she junked it, and it had no problems whatsoever during those 90K miles, except that it shook at high speeds. She treated it the same way she treated the saturn (no oil change for 9K etc.). I'm definantely not going to do that though . We'll see how it goes.

[diamondlarry]

Welcome to the site! I had a '97 SL that used a bit of oil. I saw on saturnfans that you shouldn't use an aftermarket PCV valve or it could cause oil usage. I had bout a PCV valve from Autozone but I never had a chance to go to Saturn to get an OEM when I found this out; the timing chain broke and stripped the threads out of the block for the timing chain guide. I now have a '99 SL2 that, at 105k+, doesn't use a drop of oil and I'm running 0W 20 in it.

[cfg83]

Golf3r -

Originally Posted by Golf3r

... She drove that thing at least 5 times from akron to st augustine florida. The thing had 170K when she junked it, and it had no problems whatsoever during those 90K miles, except that it shook at high speeds. She treated it the same way she treated the saturn (no oil change for 9K etc.). I'm definantely not going to do that though . We'll see how it goes.

I like Wolfman's sig on saturnfans.com :

Old Saturns never die, people KILL them, so check your damn oil!

Maybe that should be printed somewhere in my Saturn's cabin.

CarloSW2

[diamondlarry]

Originally Posted by cfg83

Golf3r -



I like Wolfman's sig on saturnfans.com :

Old Saturns never die, people KILL them, so check your damn oil!

Maybe that should be printed somewhere in my Saturn's cabin.

CarloSW2

Thanks Carlos for the reminder! It's been awhile since I've been on saturnfans and couldn't remember if that was Wolfman's phrase or someone else's.