'01 lw300 engine stalled

Discussion in 'Saturn L-series' started by Oppie, Feb 27, 2005.

  1. Oppie

    Oppie Guest

    Was going home today and the engine cut out for no aparent reason. Odometer
    showed 60,608. Coasted to the side of the road and engine restarted with no
    problems. SES and Service lights were both on solid. Drove home without any
    further problems though shifting was a bit hard. Reset the trouble lamps by
    pulling the 'controls B+' fuse for 30 seconds. Driving was fine as were the
    shifts. Wait and see now if anything comes back. One additional thing that
    may or may not be related. Topped off the fuel tank after resetting the
    codes and doing a road test. On a 50 mile trip, noticed that the fuel gauge
    was reading about half full. Should not have even come off the full mark. I
    pulled over and turned off the ignition, then back on. The fuel gauge went
    to full, then over the next few minutes slowly fell again. Most likely a bad
    sending unit.
    The roads have been covered with salt for melting snow. My red car looks
    more grey/white from all the salt. Possibly the connectors near the tank for
    fuel pump and sending unit are starting to corrode. Will have to inpect on a
    dry day.

    Oppie
     
    Oppie, Feb 27, 2005
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  2. Oppie

    rufus Guest

    What were the codes?.......could be a dirty MAF sensor
     
    rufus, Feb 28, 2005
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  3. Oppie

    Oppie Guest

    Was out in the boonies when it happened. I reset the computer, by pulling
    the fuse, to see if it would happen again (and it has not). Resetting
    cleared the codes.

    I was going to pull the air filter and check the induction system but we've
    had a spate of nasty weather lately. Interesting that this engine does not
    have a intake air pre-heater.
    Then again the computer might be running a Microsoft product and just needed
    a re-boot. ; )
     
    Oppie, Mar 1, 2005
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