Topic: need help with my car!!!!
SLANT's photo
Wed 10/10/07 08:45 PM
i have a 1992 saturn sl and my motor has a bad ratteling noise

heatherrae's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:36 PM
is it a constant or does it only rattle under certain conditions, ex. like over a certain speed.

seahawks's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:37 PM
WHAT KINDA GAS YA USIN ?

lilwabbit's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:37 PM
what kind of rattle? can you be more specific? i had the same type car

kidatheart70's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:38 PM
What colour is your car?laugh

lilwabbit's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:38 PM
is there any type of smoke?

lilwabbit's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:45 PM
it can rattle if the valve ring go bad, but then you get blue smoke. alot of saturns ive seen have blue smoke.

could be the valves, lack of pressure. something could be loose. could be in an axle.

any help or am i confusing you??

seahawks's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:46 PM
LIL YUR RIGHT SOUNDS LIKE VALVE PROB, NOT GOOD.!!!

lilwabbit's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:49 PM
if a check engine light comes on you can go to auto zone and get a code key for free and they can help you use it. you put it in (there should be a box to the lower left of your steering wheel where it fits) and the check engine light will blink and you gotta count how many times and that's your number then you tell them the code(s) you got and they can tell you the problem and ways to troubleshoot to fix it

kidatheart70's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:51 PM
You can do it with a paper clip too. Short out the A and B terminals on the ALDL connector (under dash) and turn on the ignition. The check engine light will flash any codes automatically.

kidatheart70's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:54 PM
If it's making noise I doubt knowing any trouble codes will help anyway. Mechanical problems won't be stored as codes.

lilwabbit's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:54 PM
you might have saved him a trip. i figured auto zone could explain it better than me, but you did better lol

ArtGurl's photo
Wed 10/10/07 09:55 PM
you need to change your name to Macguyver Harry ... can you repair a drivebelt with a pack of big red chewing gum and a fork? laugh

kidatheart70's photo
Wed 10/10/07 10:07 PM
laugh

lilwabbit's photo
Wed 10/10/07 10:09 PM
my luck with cars including the saturn i had was if theres one problem theres more