Going in the shop...

[MrCleanY0]

Well, the RL's going into the shop on Wed. afternoon.

Whenever I start it (when it's cold) it'll go up to it's normal 1.5 to 2 thousand rev then kick back down to 1k. It immediately drops past 1k and drops to about 200 to 300 and struggles with itself. It's doing something b/c the boost guage has it around 5 psi. After about 10 secs. of almost dying it kicks back up to 2 and immediatly levels off around 1 where until it warms up.

Today after work was the first time it actually stalled out on my while doing this. Hopefully they fix it that same day.

Anybody else experience anything like this or have any suggestions?/


Thanks...
Bob

[goofyguy]

its your air intake. Either you did Barrys mod and didnt get it perfect or the Map was screwed up.

[nbuddle1974]

That is exactly what mine has done from day one. I have had it in the shop 7 times for this problem. It has had every cam sensor flash and disc upgrade, catylic replaced, fuel injectors replaced, and stil does it from time to time. Saturn extended my warranty and made a car payment for my trouble after we thought it had finally stopped. I am in Indiana and with this cold weather this weekend I have had it do it every morning since saturday. I dont know what is going on but have another but I hope it is fixed soon.

when your car did this did it blow black smoke out your exhaust when you attempted to push on the gas? MY tailpipe is no longer chrome it is black.

My car is still completely stock too.

[Juggernaut]

I havent had that problem but mine did this to me this morning. I hoped in to go to work, it was in the 40's out side, i turned the key and nothing..... Service engine was in the odometer. I tryed 3 times. I pulled the key out and put it back in and then it fired up like everything was fine. I dunno, strange. Has anybody else had anything like this happen?

[MrCleanY0]

Black smoke....hell yeah it had a ton of it. I figured a light would've come on or something, but no. Started it on Saturday morning actually.

[goofyguy]

mine does the no start service engine thing too. They have my car for the crank not cam but crank sensor right now. They ordered the wrong parts and now I have to wait for it. Bastards

[nbuddle1974]

Originally Posted by MrCleanY0

Black smoke....hell yeah it had a ton of it. I figured a light would've come on or something, but no. Started it on Saturday morning actually.

Hell MrClean I had so much black smoke blow out of mine that my wife thought my car caught on fire. It began to idle right but still blew smoke out a mile down the road and yes mine did not give me a light either. I have had Jacksonville, FL; Savannah, GA; and Terre Haute, IN Saturn service dept. look at it and say they have no idea what is wrong.

how many miles do you have? and mine also does this the next day after long trips between FL and IN.

[MrCleanY0]

Not even 4500 miles on it. I hope it's something simple AND i get an extended warrenty ....i can still dream.

[nbuddle1974]

Originally Posted by MrCleanY0

Not even 4500 miles on it. I hope it's something simple AND i get an extended warrenty ....i can still dream.

I do hope you do not have this reaccuring problem I do, but if it does continue call corporate and they will do everything in their power to ease your inconvence, they did me.

I got 19K on mine.

[TXRLU]

Black smoke? Sounds like some sort of oil is being burned. Probably an oil leak somewhere. I've heard some RL owners have real bad oil leaks. I don't know of anything else that it could be if there's black smoke coming out of the tailpipe. Anyone else have any ideas?