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1997 Saturn burning oil

I have a 1997 Saturn SL2 that I bought new. It now has close to 78K miles on it. It has started burning oil. There are no leaks. I took it in to the dealership for an oil change and told them about the problem. They told me it was likely to be the rings or valve pipes and that they will have to tear the engine apart. They said the repairs would be around 4K. I dont have that type of money to put into a car that is about that price for resale. Anyone else have this problem or any suggestions?

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chelsi
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Yes, mine burns oil too.

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My '94 has used oil since I bought it new. In most cases, it's not an indication of impending doom. Make sure you check it often, and don't neglect your oil changes. It's cheaper to add a quart here and there than to rebuild the motor - which isn't even guaranteed to fix it. Especially if the car is running perfectly otherwise.

Lane [ l a n e @ p a i r . c o m ]

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Lane

Find a different dealer! There's about 5 different things they should check/try before they tear apart the engine. Do a Google groups search on this newsgroup for burning oil and you'll find multiple discussions on the subject.

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Steve

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jdoe

Saturns are supposedly infamous for burning oil, but I wouldn't condemm it just yet.

  • Are you leaveing a blue clound?

  • Is it excessive (say, a quart every 500 miles)?

  • Has the engine performance, or milege drastically changed recently?

  • Is it increasing in compsuption?

  • Do you fail emission tests on high hydrocarbons?

If you answered 'no' for all of this, then I'd just keep an eye on it and not worry. FWIW, I don't think you need to tear apart the motor to find a ring or valve stem seal problem, w.r.t. oil consumption, and if it's the latter, you don't need to tear apart everything anyway...

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Philip Nasadowski

How much oil does it burn? I've had my Saturn since it was new (1992). It has now 260K miles on it and it burns about 1.5 quarts every 5 months. I've been feeding it Castrol Syntec 5W50 ever since it was about

70K miles old.

Alex

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Alex Wiecek

Keep putting in oil or there are local garages that well do the work for cheaper. I would also get better rings and stuff put in. try

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for information about parts. Dealers just put in crappy dealer parts.

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Matt hotmail

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