Engine is using oil at a very high rate.
Alternator went bad after a few hundred miles.
Front end has a strange plastic rattle when starting out in first gear. Headlights flicker when this happens.
I guess I'm going to mirror what many of you have already said about my 1998 Saturn SL2. I pour 1 quart of oil into the engine with every 10 gallons of gas. It's a good running vehicle otherwise. My mechanic said that I just have to deal with it or replace the engine. If I would have checked on the internet before the purchase I might have saved myself a lot of money and time. Lesson learned.
I know. The oil burning problem on the Saturn 1.9 engines stinks. I contended with it on my '93 SL2, and even though the vehicle was still running great, I had to sell it at a fire sale price and tell the new buyer what was going on.
I found this TSB online which you might want to try:
http://www.saturnfans.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-65966.html
I wish I had known about this before I sold my Saturn. It was a great car otherwise and never left me stranded. Perhaps this procedure might have done the trick. If you do it and it works, please post back and let me know. I may buy another Saturn if that is the case.
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