1998 Saturn SC1 Stalling Out Problem

1998 SATURN
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ROXYGIRL092004
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Ok Let me explain everything to the little detail.. I have talked to many mechanics about this and all of them say something completely different if someone could just agree with one thing and see what is completely wrong I would be gratefully happy... Ok My car is a 5 speed standard... I bought it about 3 months ago and it has 137,000 Kms on it... Right now it is winter and my car starts completely fine when the engine is nice and cold.. I can drive it around until it gets to about the quarter of the tempature gage and then it seems to want to completely stall out... I still have battery power going to my accessory. A few lights come on just because it died and I still have power. I pull over and try to start it again and it makes a sound like it was to turn over but it doesn't completely start. I wait about 10 minutes and my car cools down and starts perfectly fine... I had just replaced the Ignition Module with the Coil packs and everything to do with that... I had a mechanic from a Saturn Dealerships advise me that it might be a Crank Sensor... Does anyone else have any ideas... Please Notify me as soon as possible... I need my car as soon as possible as it is getting close to Christmas Time! Please and Thanks!
Dec 14, 2006 at 6:28 PM
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TEEWS06
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sounds like the same problem I had a year ago. no spark to the plugs, the spark doesn t go past the crank position sensor (cannot remember all) but spark will not go to anything after the cps, a little hard to get to, behind the head, fuel injectors toward windshield, but down behind it motor 1/2 way down or so! :roll: I know the mechanic needed a paper clip to do something. about 13.00 to 18.00 dollars, 1 hour top .
Jan 4, 2007 at 11:31 PM
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ROXYGIRL092004
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Hey Thanks for the Advice and you were totally right... It was my crank positioning sensor... At first we might have thought it was my Ignition Module but after going to a salvage yard and trying a new from them it did it again so I realized it wasn't that... Then I got the reply from you and I asked a Sisters Boyfriend which he is a mechanic and it totally came to his mind after that... Thank you very much you were a very great help! Two Thumbs Up!
Jan 7, 2007 at 1:18 PM
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