MEh, damn engine is givin issues
 

well, after coming home from seeing my brother in the hospital, i was beating the shizz outts the satty, got home and noticed lifter tick, it usually has lifter tick, but it was LOUD! so, i left her runnin, and revved the engine a bit, and heard what sounded like a faint coins in a rubber can, it was sorta this gurglin sound, but it sounded like the rod bearing is goin out....i need help plz! i dont have the moniez for a rebuild, an dmy moms old escort and the old alero are on their last legs....

plz, wtf does this mean?

it means you beat the shit out of it to much.

It means that $27 an hour welding job you got aint paying enough.

It might be too late, but just in case it isn't, I can tell you that the original saturn engines are real harsh on oil. 3k is too long an interval, the oil is trashed by then, 2k is a more realistic number. So go get yourself 4 qts of the freshness and see if that helps.

hell if i was making $27 an hour i'd rebuild the motor for the hell of it lol, wat do u do with all your money?

he likes to buy 6 cars with his money

and resell them? IS IT A PROBLEM THAT IM HELPING MY BROTHER WITH HIS HOSPITAL BILLS? Make sure you ask before you BASH!

and btw....ask again...im on 18:50 now because i quit micky D's

how does quitting mcdonalds effect your wage at another job?

i just dont see how you could be making money if you insure 4 cars at the same time and drive them around daily

i had added them together? well anyway, i only own two cars! who says i own four?

an alero and a blown up saturn...

^you can't add your wages, hourly, unless your working all those jobs at the exact same moment. thats just basic math rules.

ok, 18.50 at The Iron Works, and 8 At Micky's(micky's is GONE)


anyway, what should i be using for oil in it, i dont wanna use cheap shit, but i dont wanna go all out ethier, anyway how do i do a conventional to synthetic oil change over?

Is it dual overhead cams? The Saturns are notorious for the timing belt. I had an Sl2 which I did a ton of work on and still got rid of it... lol

uuuuh, might be.....how much outta my pocket?

and its an SOHC

^5, lol. But hes still young, the math part will set in sooner or later.




I've had two sohc saturn sl1's, and I'm fairly certain that engine contains a chain not a belt. The lubricity of the oil would still play a role in the prevention of failure, but I think your real problem lies elsewhere, due to thrashed saturn oil as I call it or you dogging it at high rpms. Or a combination of both.

lol, rarely exceed 3K rpm....... only when i miss a gear(still new to a stick) but other than that....meh

Well maybe you shouldn't have been beating the shizz outts the satty.

It means you wasted what you thought was a wise $700 in a POS Saturn.

pssssht ok! lets see your alero get damn near 50 MPG! and it needed oil, the shop didint put enough in(im not leaking anything) ok? so every other car is a POS to you because its not an alero? i mean, its a GM at least it isint a ford or an import!:lol:

It means that you spent money at a shop that didn't put enough oil in when you should have changed your oil yourself, saved money, and known that oil level was good before you beating the shizz outts of it.