Thank you for supplying the information. I do realize that sometimes, with intermittent issues, you can't just spit out an answer in 2 hours.
Apologies for coming across like a little bitch, but I've been on Saturnforum.com for coming up on 20 years or something stupid like that. I've had the full gamut of people come across the forum. The people that drive me nasty are the ones that ask for help, don't supply consistent or all of the information, and most importantly, don't seem to want to follow any of the advice anyone gives them. You don't fit into all three categories, but sometimes people come across as though they do. I simply have little patience left for people who ask for advice and then resist or simply don't follow it. After 20 years, you'd think I'd be a little bit more calm about it, but that's just not my way. I'm very intense about keeping these cars on the road and I suppose I always will be. I could work it being more politically correct, which I have, but there are certain situations that piss me off to no end and the trifecta I described is one of them. For the record, usually I go off much harder on people like that. You didn't resist what we were suggesting but there wasn't a lot coming back from our advice, so I get a little worked up and a little more worked up.
If you want to see some entertaining crap, there are some great back and forths between myself and a whole users who ask questions and then pretend to know more about their problem than we do. I do not hesitate in calling people's bluffs because it's a waste of everyone's time. Just like this post. It's a minute of your life you'll never get back, and neither will I. But sometimes life is just that way.
Peace
Derf
Make sure you pull the fuel injector fuse before doing the compression test and put a brick on the accelerator to keep the throttle body plate wide open. Otherwise you get shit for numbers. All plugs out at once, otherwise if you have head gasket leaks, if it's a neighboring cylinder it will affect the reading. And that's usually how it happens.
Also note that the percentage of ion questions I answer correctly is the lowest of any semi knowledgeable Saturn moderator known to man. My brain is stuck in s car land and as hard as I try, I can't seem to digest that the ion is put together differently.
Here we are talking basic misfire and not quite sure what else but they are basic fundamental systems that I can troubleshoot. But just like the ECTS on an S car, I can't tell you off the top of my head that it's one of your ignition coil packs because well, I just can't.
I'm surprised that a misfire on one cylinder if that's all it actually is will steal 98% of the power unless you're going up a hill in West Virginia. I burnt an exhaust valve on my '97 SC2 doing that. Drove it on three cylinders for 9 months then replaced the engine.
Oh and I blabber on and on until I catch myself like right now.
