anyone know saturns?
 

k so...pretty sure my saturn is burning coolant. every 800ish miles i have to put in a bit, and if i hammer on it, i can see a tiny bit of smoke...but only at night when headlights are behind me, during the day you cant see it. doesnt smell like antifreeze under the hood or in the exhaust (sweet smell) so im at a loss...no coolant in the oil, no oil in the coolant, im thinking intake gasket maybe? i know nothing about these motors. its a 95 SC2, DOHC 1.9L I4.

I know head gaskets are a common problem on those....

check the muffler bearings

tim is right, head gaskets are the big problem with those engines. dump some bars leaks in it and hope for the best.

yeah, i was gonna go pick up some Bars today. i can borrow a compression tester so ill try that too, see if one cyl is abnormally low...i really hope it isnt the head gasket, otherwise im selling it :lol:

yeah i agree, head gaskets suck on those motors. the bottom end isnt very strong either but a good every day car.

i boguht a bottle of the heavy duty pelletized bars leaks so we'll see what happens

ehh that stuff almost never works....

and i know my instructors at SCTI hate that kinda ish

"theres no such thing as mechanic in a can...if there was, we wouldnt have jobs"

-Mr. Kassick-

damn i gotta start looking at the dates on these threads lol

well i havent had to add coolant since i put that stuff in...and that included a trip to wildwood and back

perhaps your the exception that proves the rule.....that stuff never worked for any car me or my family had..

this includes stop leak for:

radiator
oil
power steering
and i think the transmission

all of these were on our old windstar

ford=leaky

it depends how bad the problem is... its not a permanent fix because my sister had the same car with the same engine and they did it once... it will happen again... just watch it and just do it again