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- From: wack@balin.cis.udel.edu (Andrew Wack)
- Subject: Re: saturn sc performance (wa
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:10:05 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.1429.28743@execnet> "tom betz" <tom.betz@execnet.com> writes:
- >Quoth Jim Frost regarding SATURN SC PERFORMANCE (WA on 01-20-93:
- >
- >
- >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.
- >
- >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.
-
- WHOA! my dealer has never told me about this! And I have complained
- about what I thought was excessive oil consumption (drops from the full
- mark to almost the add mark between 3K oil changes) and the service
- managed said it was normal (this is on a 92 SL2). How excessive
- is the problem on your wifes car? I'm used to my 86 Honda CRX Si, uses
- NO oil between changes and the engine has 90K on it!
-
- >I'll tell you one thing... if they fix the problem with the engine, I'm
- >pushing for a new catalytic converter, too.
- >
- >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.
- >
- Are CC's that sensitive to a little bit of burning oil that they would be
- ruined?
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