1996 Saturn SC1 help with my Saturn, I cant seem to fix it

Tiny
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  • 1996 SATURN SC1
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 14,500 MILES
My 96 sc1 saturn is sending white smoke out the tail pipe and I cant even drive the car for 5 mins without getting sick from a very high smell inside & out, its really hurting my lungs for days, I cant drive it anymore. Car runs good but it seems like it takes forever to get up to speed when you give it gas. And im leaking a lot of water out of tail pipe. Goes thru a lot of gas.

i took car to repair shop and they told me the pcm is bad. So that cost me 160 labor and 260 pcm and 100 to be flashed + on top of that ive put everything on below.

ive replaced the ects, the thermostat, map, tps, egr, plugs and wires, ive replace the pigtail on ects.

car has not gotten better.

so I orderd a power control module and got it flashed before putting it in cat with neg battery cable dissconnted.

car has not gotten better.
i thought about putting another ects just in case I cracked the one I put in.
i pulled plugs and they r blacked carboned and wet. If I sit there with the idle up under the hood, it just smells real bad with the white smoke from exhaust.

i was thinking the cat was bad?Or possably a cracked head or head gasket?But im not over heating.I have had the temp/antifreeze container light come on while driving, it would go off after a while

help,
feel free to call me at 219-613-4570 if you want,
im tired of pouring more $ into it.
im ready to send it to the auction.
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 AT 10:28 PM

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Tiny
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If the white smoke is not due to condensation could be that coolant is being burn in the combustion meaning a blown headgasket/cracked head or block

To confirm get it block and pressure tested to find out if it is.
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 AT 10:55 PM
Tiny
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The smell is the worse of all the problems,
any ideal
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 AT 11:33 PM
Tiny
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Do you smell this inside the vehicle while all windows are up if so you might want to check if the heater core is leaking-
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 AT 3:40 AM
Tiny
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Im not loosing any coolant, and after I put a new pcm, the bank 1 sensor 1 o2 says no activaty, so I put a new o2 and check engine light comes on. Im really hating this saturn, im still getting sick driving car, im wondering if I should replace cat?
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 AT 11:31 PM

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