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"Started. Made a loud banging sound...lots of smoke.. oil all over the pavement and what looks like silver hamburger meat....Angels cried""Started. Made a loud banging sound...lots of smoke.. oil all over the pavement and what looks like silver hamburger meat....Angels cried"
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History of problems or recent maintenance?
Bad battery?
Bad fuel?
No fuel?
Too many options to list.........
Start with the basics:
Spark at the plugs and fuel in the jugs. It'll run.
1) Chect for spark
2) Check for fuel
I agree that a bad O2 sensor will not preclude the car from starting or running. Saturn is defunct and there are no dealers, but most of the standard mechanical parts can be obtained through auto parts stores, and GM dealers who are now picking up the warranty work for late model Saturns can get you "dealer only" parts. Further there are web site stores which can find you about any Saturn part you want, getsaturnparts.net comes to mind.
This engine has a bad design flaw in that the timing chain does not get any oil. Pretty much there are two types of failures. Failure around 20,000 miles and failure around 78,000 miles. All the engines they made for a few years had this flaw and no other engine will fit in this car. If you have to replace the engine with a used engine you can almost count on a failure again around these mileages. My timing chain failed at highway speeds pretty much wrecking the engine. If yours failed in the driveway you may be lucky enought to just replace the timing chain and maybe the head. I would get rid of this car if you get it running again. Give it back to the lousy saturn dealer. I hear they are buying a ton of used vehicles since GM is probably going to stop making new Saturns. Oh, also, I beleive the 2001 model is under recall so have the dealer fix it!
My instrument panel is doing the exact same thing. It started today. I almost think it may be a loose cable to the computer that drives the lights. Did you ever resolve your issue?
if all it does is click with a new battery it is not the alternator because all the alternator does is charge the battery i would take the starter or selinoid off if it isnt built in with the starter and have it tested the same as you did the battery
Try checking the fuel filter or the fuel pump. Sometimes if you run the fuel until it is almost empty, it pulls debri off the bottom of the fuel tank and it gets stuck in the fuel filter. It them starves your engine for fuel. Sometimes if you bang on the fuel pump, it will loosen some of this debri, and the vehicle may start, or you may just need to replace the whole fuel pump.
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