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2002 saturn SL1 manual sohc

My car has issues going in to first from neutral, is this a clutch plate issue? Additionally, if it is can i do a clutch kit without removing the engine and trans from the car?

Hopefully this is the correct subreddit.

My hair salon recently had a fire and the fire dept sprayed all over the room. The bose amplifier from what i was told has been thrown out and because of that he hasnt been able to play music on his bose system since. I looked at what he has left (bose cube speakers and a sub woofer) which all seem fine and the electrical stuff in that room wasnt touched by the fire but just the extinguishing agent.

Here is the problem. I get to looking at everything and i can tell someone got him a pyle amplifier (pta44bt if it matters). The cable that goes from the amplifier to the sub woofer has/had plug ends but the person who tried using this pyle cut the amplifier end of that cable to stick the wires into the channels on the pyle.

My guess is i will need to replace the amplifier with a bose and get a new intact cable right? Is it possible to use this pyle amplifier?

So with the weather significantly better and my doctor putting me on new meds to help control my tremors I may be able to start doing some real work on my car 🥳

2002 saturn SL1 manual sohc

So this is actually a general mechanic question but i wanted to ask here too in case someone else has experienced this.

So my car, with 2 bigger passangers, would viole tly shake when taking off from stops. Doesnt do this if its just me or not as much weight. I had an 86 carolla (manual too) that didnt do this and i pulled a truck out of a ditch.

Any thoughts?

Passanger rear trailing arm is broken. Came to the next city for a doctors appointment 40 miles reom home. Heard the clunking but thought the heatshield fell and was bouncing on the exhaust (it was just pinched up). Aside from the sound the car drove no different at 55mph.

If i take the back roads and go slow and gentle can i limp the car home?

2002 SL1 manual sohc

So its short and sweet. Longer highway trips seem to cause the starter to have a few extra cranks and its higher pitched. I can start stop 50 times a day in town driving and it never does it but it happens every time on road trips

Im thinking either the starter or charging system (battery or alternator) but if im wrong let me know.

2002 saturn sl1

Sorry but google isnt being helpful or im being to vague. Does anyone know where cabin air is pulled back in to the system when its set to recirculate?

All the results im getting are for newer cars amd/or cars with cabin air filters. Im just trying to find it so i can stick a scope in it.

2002 saturn SL1 sohc manual

It may seem like a stupid question but i need knowledge before proceeding.

Basically, i barely had to add any oil on a long distance trip to or from (6hr drive) but at home during local trips i need to add some oil every 3-5 days.

I think it means the oil leaks while it sits, the oil having settled, from a gasket or something but while running there isnt enough oil concentrated on one place to 'push' past the leaky spot. Am i wrong or right? If wrong, what do you all think this is?

I have posted quite a bit about my car and dont remember posting asking about this, sorry if its a repost.

2002 saturn SL1 sohc manual

I noticed on my recent long distance trip that it wasnt going through oil like i expected. I barely had to add any on the 6hr drive to or from. At home i notice that i need to add some oil (not a lot) every 3-5 days.

Does this mean im not burnng it but instead have a leak somewhere thats only happening while the car sits?

Yes i realize it may seem like a dumb question.

Does anyone know where i could find wiring diagrams for my 02 saturn sl1?

Digital or physical.

2002 saturn sl1 sohc manual

I have a secondary air injection system which a mechanic fixed by clearing the port to allow air flow. I honestly do not remember how long ago it was but lets say a year.

Yesterday night on my way home it threw the P0410 code again. This morning i went out to see if i could vacuum out the pump, the shops did that and always got water (explain to me how a not humid area or rain recently still allows the pump to accumulate water), however after trying to vacuum it out i turned the car on and the pump wasnt even trying to work.

Now for a while its made some odd sound so is it possible the air pump finally gave out? Does it take a small portion of the voltage to operate or is it safe to run a wire from the battery directly to the air pump to test it?

2002 sl1 sohc

So a thought crossed my mind. Is it possible the ac condenser has a clog or restriction but still showing proper pressures on machines?

So i took my 02 sl1 to the shop to have a coolant hose replaced, short version they did me a favor so i threw an easy repair their way to give them business, but it was a bit worse than expected.

Apparently my coolant resevior has a crack in it. Now the shop could have just swapped the hose like i asked but they pressurized the system, found the crack, and called me then and there. To me, this shows integrity and i like that. This same shop doesnt sweat small stuff and does a little extra for customers.

Im glad i didnt swap the hose myself because i wouldnt have thought about the res. The obvious leak was the hose on the other side of the engine. Its played through my mind what damage could have happened if it wasnt caught and started getting worse. 😱

So this is a general question based on all the vehicles ive been in (riding or driving). Is it common that in older cars you feel the engine vibrations even after swapping mounts?

Ive only ever had older cars myself and it seems that it translates the engine vibrations in to the cabin even after mounts are swapped out. But newer cars, 10 or so years old at most, never have this feeling unless something is wrong.

2002 saturn sl1 sohc manual

So with my neighbors borrowed impact and 3 hours of work i got my dogbone mounts swapped. In hindsight i shouldve paid a shop lol. The passanger side on looked like it melted and solidified several times, the rubber was so deteriorated it felt more like steak fat.

Now there are better things. The car doesnt lag when going from a stop. The muffler doesnt shake when starting the car. It starts a tiny bit faster. And i dont get a shuttering when starting from a stop, this one is super tough to explain in text but sometimes when letting out the clutch it would kind of stutter shake.

The main thing im thinking now is it feels different when driving. I dont mean better or worse just different. I havent driven my longer drives i take yet (i go to a neighboring town twice a month) and have just done a short to the local bank trip. Im not sure how to tell if what im feeling is road or problematic part. Once i go on the longer trip i should be able to tell more.

2002 SL1 sohc manual

So TLDR someone elses question on here stuck me with the spur to install dogbones.

For the one on the driver side do i need to support the trans to replace it?

For passanger side do i need to lift the motor a tiny bit if the motor mount itself isnt removed?

So this is more of a general question than direct help question.

If someone goes from sohc to dohc, 100hp to 124hp, would they be able to feel that difference? Whether swapping cars or swapping engines.

So i wanted to ask this and stick with me please.

2002 SL1 sohc

Ive gotten quite a bit of advice on reddit between a mechanics forum and this one which all have told me to check the heater core.

Heres the situation. A long time ago i wanted to do a super deep clean i side the car. Meaning take everything, every single thing, out of the interior so i could clean every inch. I had gotten the dash and all out but the big black box inside the dash wasnt accessible due to a big metal bar (basically the support for the dash stuff).

I wasnt able at the time to figure out how to remove it so i did my best to clean around it. Is there a way to remove this bar so i can get to the heater core and such?