20 Most Recent 1997 Saturn SL - Page 7 Questions & Answers

That is usually because of no vacumn to the brake booster. Could be a broken vac line, or the fitting on the booster has a hole , or is now longer connected.

Flat battery , u might have left the lights on

Sounds like a transmission issue. Was the engine overheating? If you didnt have any coolant and it overheated you would get a similar response from your vehicle. I say check your transmission fluid and coolant. With any luck you may not have done permanent damage to it. The reason your fluid had so many bubbles, is because it was boiling. How far did you drive after you bogged down? If it was very shortly or immediately after there is a decent chance you wont have any major repairs. Baring a bad transmission before this incident. Hope this is helpful.

replace thermostat and radiator pressure cap, what i would do is flush out the coolant system go auto parts store buy a radiator flush kit replace water pump do all this see what happen you need to add 50/50 antifreeze and water to coolant system.

Sounds like you need a new or recon starter.

honestly, if you have to ask how to replace valve seals on a car, you should bring it somewhere...you risk a much much more expensive repair. When you remove the cams, the tensor will take up the slack unless you use a special tool...which retails at 1800 dollars for dealer only. or you have to remove the entire timing assembly and at that point, your now rebuilding half the motor

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First of course u must make sure all fluids are full, but if that is not it, some sensors, such as the map sensor or the oxygen sensor , can cause havack on gas milage

you can go to autozone or oreilys and have them connect it to the computer to turn off that light.

It should be connected in series with a circuit. Since a circuit breaker acts as an "over current" switch it will be connected just an on/off would so as to "open" the circuit during an over current condition. This will remove power from the circuit.

it's most likely in the top of the fuel tank itself. you can drop the fuel tank to get to it but some cars have an access panel just for this reason under the rear seat. simply pull the bottom of the back seat out and you will see right away if it has one or not.

More times than not it is in the fuel tank itself. In this case you have to drop the entire fuel tank to get to it. Some cars you can pull out the back seat and have an access panel under the seat and you can get to it that way.