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02-12-2009, 04:37 PM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
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2000 Saturn SL1 oil leak
Any one know of if these cars have problem areas with oil leaks? Just changed the oil/filter (fuucking dealer asshats had the filter on there tight  ) and noticed a leak above the starter area. Not sure of what is up there so if any one has any experiance with these cars please speak up.
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02-12-2009, 04:53 PM
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the only thing I can think of that leaks around the starter is if you pulled the dipstick tube out to install headers, and the dipstick tube wasn't re-installed correctly
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02-12-2009, 05:20 PM
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The dipstick goes in the front of the engine though.... starter is on the back.....
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02-12-2009, 05:23 PM
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u think maybe possibly you have a bad valve cover gasket in the back where you cant see it?
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02-12-2009, 06:03 PM
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Nope its lower than the valvecover.
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02-12-2009, 06:09 PM
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hmm i dont know to much about the ls1 so forgive me if im totally off but do you have any oil cooler lines that may be on that side and r leaking from the fitting n like i said idk much about them lol
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02-12-2009, 06:16 PM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
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LS1?
SL1 is a 4 cyl OHC saturn engine.....
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02-12-2009, 06:19 PM
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lol sorry im tired man miss read it woke up early n **** had a busy day i appologize
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02-12-2009, 06:24 PM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
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Its all good, I can see how your head equated SL1 and LS1. lol
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02-12-2009, 06:33 PM
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lol ok well as far as i know there isnt really nething back there you could have a bad head gasket my buddy bobby had that issue on his when he had one a couple yrs ago if its not a valve cover or head gasket idk what else it could be.
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02-12-2009, 06:51 PM
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Ah that would be ****ingg fantastic. Never done a head gasket on a saturn before.... I guess I will do some tests this weekend.
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02-12-2009, 06:53 PM
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I thought you meant LS1 too 
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02-12-2009, 06:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SamhainRS27
I thought you meant LS1 too |
now i dont feel so stupid lol
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02-12-2009, 10:57 PM
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**Thread title edited to save confusion**
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02-12-2009, 11:11 PM
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 when I first read it I thought it was a typo too
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02-13-2009, 08:15 AM
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um, well my family has an sl1... i said family because its kinda like a car that everyone drives... i can look around the engine a little bit if i drive it this weekend, i know we replaced the head gasket on it at around i think 100k miles, that was caused by a dexcool thing im pretty sure, i would think you would know if it was a head gasket because of overheating and foamy coolant. how low does it get?
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02-13-2009, 09:05 AM
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I have some oil leak detection dye if you want to try it. You mix it in with the oil and use a black light to check around where it's leaking from.
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02-14-2009, 07:45 PM
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i'll look some things up at work monday if you remind me. is the oil pressure sensor up there?
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02-14-2009, 08:28 PM
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Last time I was checking out oil leak on SL1 ... it was cracked head.
may be oil filter? (if i remember right)its on the back of the engine.
good luck!
Alex.
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02-14-2009, 09:47 PM
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Mongo the Meet Coordinator
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The oil pressure sensor was what I was thinking cause its above the oil filter.
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