I have a 98 saturn SL2, The car hesitates and then lurks forward when I press the accelerator, It sputters when I accelerate after coming to a stop. I just replaced the transmission as the Engine codes said the torque converter was bad and gears were stuck, It also sounds like my engine is knocking but its very brief, I gave the car a tune up, new crank sensor, ECTS, air filter, what could it be?
For a car that sputters take the spark plugs out and have a look to see if its covered in oil.. if so clean it off and out it back in. this means a seal is gone. the name doesnt come to mind at the moment but to get to it you will have to take the head gasket off so your better of buying a head gasket seal kit, the seal you need should be in the kit - Mumma Mechanic
On the 98 saturn most likely you would be better off with a new motor but the sputter is probably do to lack of spark ...
in the tune up did you remember sparkplug wires , spark plugs , and it could also be the distributor
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I replaced the spark plug wires and problem solved. Car runs great now.
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