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Nick Hull
My daughter is having some problems with her "5 year old" coupe. I
can't help much because my Saturn is 12 yo, is a station wagon, is
white, and has a stick shift. In her own words:
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The vehicle, a rather small coupe less than five years old, has had one
previous unknown owner. The dealer, of course, fed Diane the line about
"She was just an old lady, always drove it real slow like..." and she
bought it hook line and sinker. I"m a bit skeptical. The engine has a
bad habit
of skipping/stuttering when coming out of a standstill, and the gears
(Automatic) don't always mesh perfectly when it shifts. Neither one's
been
that frequent, but today...and it's a balmy 45 outside, with plenty of
idling time so I know the engine was warm, it made an awful high pitched
buzz/whine starting from a stoplight up a slight incline. It sounded
like a
small electric motor without enough load.
Somewhat startled, I picked a back road and managed to get the incident
to
repeat itself on a downslope, this time without even a complete stop.
It
was lower pitched and slower, but still unnatural.
My guess is the carberoator needs clearing? Any other theories? We
recently put a tank of Premium gas into the car to try and clear out the
stuttering problem. It takes a rather firm push on the gas to make it
buzz
like that, but not enough to 'jackrabbit' the car.
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Any help or ideas greatly appreciated
can't help much because my Saturn is 12 yo, is a station wagon, is
white, and has a stick shift. In her own words:
===========
The vehicle, a rather small coupe less than five years old, has had one
previous unknown owner. The dealer, of course, fed Diane the line about
"She was just an old lady, always drove it real slow like..." and she
bought it hook line and sinker. I"m a bit skeptical. The engine has a
bad habit
of skipping/stuttering when coming out of a standstill, and the gears
(Automatic) don't always mesh perfectly when it shifts. Neither one's
been
that frequent, but today...and it's a balmy 45 outside, with plenty of
idling time so I know the engine was warm, it made an awful high pitched
buzz/whine starting from a stoplight up a slight incline. It sounded
like a
small electric motor without enough load.
Somewhat startled, I picked a back road and managed to get the incident
to
repeat itself on a downslope, this time without even a complete stop.
It
was lower pitched and slower, but still unnatural.
My guess is the carberoator needs clearing? Any other theories? We
recently put a tank of Premium gas into the car to try and clear out the
stuttering problem. It takes a rather firm push on the gas to make it
buzz
like that, but not enough to 'jackrabbit' the car.
===================
Any help or ideas greatly appreciated
