Did a full day (instead of a few minutes) of flush last Friday, drained the oil when done and soaked the pistons while it was still warm. Finished oil change on Sunday morning. Doesn't seem to have made a big difference. I'm getting the feeling I'm going to have to fix or sell it. You're leaning on...

Did a full day (instead of a few minutes) of flush last Friday, drained the oil when done and soaked the pistons while it was still warm. Finished oil change on Sunday morning. Doesn't seem to have made a big difference.

I'm getting the feeling I'm going to have to fix or sell it.

I have thought on option 3. But I would be selling without telling the buyer the complete problem and glossing over it. I'm leaning toward a rebuild, however. I deliver parts to several shops, and I'm going to ask around. The issue here, like with many Saturns I have owned, is that the holes for dra...

Update: Used BG 109 as directed, it failed to curtail the oil burning. I'm filling with 20W-50 oil at the moment, and don't think even that is slowing down the burning. Thinking of doing a piston soak as the last resort before opening the engine. Getting 30-31 mpg on average. I'm considering taking ...

I had a similar problem with my 2001 Saturn. Wound up being the carbon cannister on top of the gas tank. But it has to be an evaluation issue. Speaking of evaluation, How did you find that the canister was the problem? And do you know what caused the canister to fail? long term storage with a full ...

I had a similar problem with my 2001 Saturn. Wound up being the carbon cannister on top of the gas tank. But it has to be an evaluation issue.

Did the wet test, it came up 150psi, so it's rings. I'm looking into BG 109, although I work at a parts warehouse, so I'll check there, too. Went ahead and did the oil change. If I need to do a flush of any sort, I'll just cut this oil short to do so. I do 1000 miles in a week, so it wouldn't be mor...

I am done with the first round of testing. Cylinder one (next to the timing belt) had a 120psi, the rest were at 150psi. If using the 15% formula is right, no cylinder should be below 127psi, so we've found why #1 is misfiring. Now I need to do a wet test (putting a dab of oil in the cylinder) to se...

I have the new plugs in, and it seems to idle smoother. I also rotated the coils, moving the right most coil (the #1 cylinder?) to the left most (#4?) and shifted the rest to the right. My plan is to do a pressure test this weekend. I am also going to do an oil change, and may do a Seafoam flush of ...

Just got a 2003 Base model, and my first measured fill-up was 28.9. Second one was much better at 36.8, I drive in and around Indianapolis about 200 miles every weekday and I figure I get more highway than surface streets, but that varies.

I just bought this car (stats below). I knew it was throwing a p0301 code when I bought it, but I figured it would be something simple, like plugs, a coil, or a fuel injector. It runs fine, just a tiny bit rough on idle. I noticed a bit of smoke come out the back when I floored it at highway speed, ...