20 Most Recent 1993 Saturn SL1 - Page 9 Questions & Answers

is the car over heating to the point the over heat light comes on and/or gauge pegs out max heat ?
if so u probly need a new water pump.
or is the a/c just warm air ?

check for coolant in the oil, or oil in the coolant.
smoke is comming from somewhere, most likely burning coolant from blown head gasket. or rings are smoked and burning oil :( gunk on egr is probably burnt coolant. sorry for the bad news :(

sounds like a short in the wiper switch inside cab.
test volts at the wiper motor with switch on with test light if none, check wiring to motor for shorts or breaks.
replace switch inside cab if all else checks ok.

if light lights up at motor IE has 12 volts at motor,on all wiper settings, it may be bad motor.

SOUND LIKE LIGHTNING SHORT OUT THE INSRUMENT GAUGES.CHECK GAUGES FUSE.IF ALL IS GOOD.YOUR DASH CLUSTER OR GAUGE PROBABLY DAMAGE BY LIGHTINING.NEED TO BE REPLACE.TAKE IT TO DEALERSHIP.LET THEM CHECK IT OUT FIRST.BECAUSE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS NOT CHEAP.

Could be stripped gears and a bad regulator.

On the inside trim, you can remove screws that are by the door handle, arm rest, under door and side of door and then gently pull back on the panel as there will also be retaining clips attached and you don't want to break them. You'll need to lift the door panel upwards in order to get it off the window ledge. Pull back the weather seal and you'll be able to get to everything

check your ignition switch and starter relay also the starter relay fuse.

you need to buy a repair manual

Take the out side plastic door panel off....the inner panel off and change away.

Smoke usually there's a problem.... Bluish gray smoke means you're burning oil (could be a number of things like piston rings, valve seals)... White smoke means could mean you're burning transmission fluid, or there's a crack in the gasket or engine block.... Black smoke could mean you need your air filter changed, bad fuel injectors, bad distributor cap, ignition coil... I would guess it's probably black smoke coming out of your exhaust from the sounds of your symptoms...

Wheel bearing worn.

Did you test it with key in the ON position?

tell it to buzz off --------------- sorry sick sense of humour

pull trans side cover & replace input & output shaft nuts retorque install new gasket top off fluid

check your spark plug wells for oil build up. A BIG problem with the early saturn's are related to the rubber valve cover gaskets the go around the spark plug wells. I have changed dozens that just ware out.

unlimited ,depends on how its looked after and driven

sounds like you need to replace your heater core hoses. these are the 2 hoses which run into the firewall. be carefull when removing them, the connectors at each end are usually plastic.

In 99% of the cases of GMs doing that it's the Idle Air Control motor, which you already changed. But changing it does not always fix the problem. First, if you bought the new IAC motor second hand, change it again cause last time i had to change mine 3 times before i got one that worked OK. Second, if it was bought new and/or your are 100% sure the IAC is working fine, then you probably just have to much carbon deposits where the motor's tip and the intake manifold meet and are supposed to seal up, preventing it from closing normally and giving the engine too much air, cause the high RPM idle. So take the IAC out again, clean the opening, lip and everything you can see and get into around that area, with a cue-tip and some contact cleaner, or lighter fluid or rubbing alcohol to get all the carbon deposits out and you should be ok. If not, then the problem probably resides in the car's onboard computer.

check for leaks sounds like when pressure goes up u are loosing fluid some where, also check vacuum line to booster hope this helps

It is possible the fusible link may have burnt out, or the solenoid that the battery connects to may be faulty

I would have the cylinder replaced with one that has a key with it instead of having them match the cylinder to a key. I think it would create less places for error.