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Yaeger 03-01-2014 11:01 AM

Hello
 
I am from Stonewall Manitoba and purchased a 2002 saturn sl sedan 1.9.Is this a decent car?It has 115,000KM on it.Was hoping to get info on what to watch for.

sw2cam 03-01-2014 12:05 PM

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RjION 03-01-2014 09:25 PM

Welcome to The Saturn Forum......

Rubehayseed 03-02-2014 08:05 AM

Welcome to the forum. About the only thing I can say to watch for is oil consumption. Especially if you have the DOHC engine.

Yaeger 03-02-2014 10:52 AM

Why do they burn so much oil?Can I fix it without too much cost?

sw2cam 03-02-2014 11:03 AM

The best thing to do is read on the subject then post questions in a new thread in one of the s-series forums.

Rubehayseed 03-02-2014 12:32 PM

I just run a thicker oil in mine. In the summer here, I use 20w-50. In the winter I switched to a 10w-40. Of course, you being so far north, I don't know if you can do that in the winter. Summer might be okay for you. Maybe a 10W-30? Don't know why they use oil, it's just a characteristic of the 1.9 DOHC as far as I can tell. Mine still uses about a quart between 5,000 mile changes, but I don't think that's too bad.

Yaeger 03-02-2014 04:00 PM

A quart in 5000km is not bad probably only valve guides


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