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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!execnet!execnet![tom.betz@execnet.com]
- From: "tom betz" <tom.betz@execnet.com>
- Subject: saturn sc performance (wa
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.1429.28743@execnet>
- Reply-To: "tom betz" <tom.betz@execnet.com>
- Organization: Executive Networks Information
- Distribution: rec
- Date: 21 Jan 93 02:52:40 EST
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- Quoth Jim Frost regarding SATURN SC PERFORMANCE (WA on 01-20-93:
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- JF>rvkl60@email.sps.mot.com (Tom Mathes) writes:
- JF>>Oh yeah, as a former reliability engineer, if a product like a car ma
- JF>>it through the first year with little glitches, the product will most
- JF>>likely last a long time with little to no problems. The 2 year track
- JF>>record of the Saturns strongly indicates reliable car for the long run
- JF>
- JF>There are a few places where this isn't true, notably sheet metal and
- JF>exhaust systems.
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- There remains one other known area. There's beginning to be a bit of a
- buzz about valve oil seal problems on the DOHC engine, the primary symptom
- of which is high oil consumption. This applies to the pre-'93 SC, as well
- as the current SC-2 up, and all the SL-2's. My wife's car is undergoing
- the oil consumption tests that lead up to service... I'll let you know how
- Saturn deals with it in another thousand miles or so.
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- I'll tell you one thing... if they fix the problem with the engine, I'm
- pushing for a new catalytic converter, too.
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- So far, the people I've spoken to at Saturn HQ about it have agreed that
- the replacement of the CC would probably be called for.
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