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2001 SATURN L300
10,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 4WD
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VERONICA1518
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my car has oil in the water tank but it dose have it in the motor what is wrong with it?it dose not over heat and it still runs good my car is a saturn 2001 300 v6
Jan 30, 2011 at 11:00 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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If it doesn't have it in the engine oil then most likely cause you have a leaking oil cooler leaking oil into the cooling system.Pretty common for those car's.You would have remove the oil cooler and pressure test the oil cooler with shop air in some water and look for bubble's.
Jan 31, 2011 at 12:48 AM
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