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Old 01-08-2009, 09:09 AM
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I have a 92 saturn was running great the all the sudden loss of all power wont do anything help!
 
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Old 01-08-2009, 09:03 PM
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Look under the hood and check to see if the spark plug wires are touching the exhaust manifold. happened to me and killed all of its power. (until i got the wires replaced of course.)
 
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Old 01-09-2009, 08:13 AM
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I went home last night wiggled around the battery cables and I again had power cables dont seem corrodided or dirty or even loose. I dont understand if the car started right up and I was just sitting at a stop sign how it could instantly die and have nothing and it have something to do with the battery cables. Car must not run at all after started without a battery like old cars.
 
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Old 01-09-2009, 09:04 AM
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For some reason, Saturn is plagued with battery cable issues. Whenever anything of an electrical nature goes wrong, the first thing to do is shake the cables, flex them at the connection points, and replace them if there is even a suspicion of wear or corrosion.
 
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Old 01-09-2009, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by m-8turbo
I went home last night wiggled around the battery cables and I again had power cables dont seem corrodided or dirty or even loose. I dont understand if the car started right up and I was just sitting at a stop sign how it could instantly die and have nothing and it have something to do with the battery cables. Car must not run at all after started without a battery like old cars.
Because some A/C delco batteries used to leak acid through the positive terminal into the cable. This causes the cables to corrode internally. Vibration from the engine running causes a poor connection between the corroded and non corroded parts of the cable.

But you havent given us enough information to really give you a good diagnosis of whats wrong. Could be the cable, could be the alternator too.
 
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