1996 SL - opinions needed! Lemon, or no?

>
> yeah but looking at it sounds like a good reason to buy a Honda or
> Toyota. For example, on my Toyota Corolla my alternator never failed
> either, nor radiator, not the tranny, and not the fuel pump, ever, and I
> drove it for 109k miles. And I really didn[t take very good care of it
> either
>


There wasnt enough info in that message to impress anyone. As if we
cared anyhow. 109k is very mild mileage.

fuel pump: every 60,000 miles although it should work longer, tranny
shouldnt go out for like 150,000 unless you dog it and race a whole
lot, or dont know how to drive stick, spark plugs and wires need to be
done about every60 - 80 thousand miles the sensoers usually go out at
100,000, so do i think its a lemon? no, just normal for american
made crap.
On 3 Jan 2005 14:42:21 -0800, "Joel" > wrote:

>I have a 1996 Saturn SL with 5 speed manual transmission. The car was
>bought new and so far I have had to replace the following components:
>
>water/coolant pump
>radiator
>transmission
>clutch
>fuel pump (twice)
>engine temperature sensor
>engine pcv (?)
>engine air cleaner
>engine breather
>engine spark plug wiring (?)
>
>My car is currently in the shop, and they have listed the last four
>items on this list as the current problems. I am assuming that this
>repair record is highly atypical. Is it? I know that manual clutches
>need replacement after long use, but what about the other things?
>
>Joel

Its 9 years old!
>>engine pcv (?)
>>engine air cleaner
>>engine breather
>>engine spark plug wiring (?)

pcv - gets gummed up with age. Cheap to replace.
air clearner? of course, every year or 2
spark plug wires, yes every 10 years or 100,000 mile which ever comes
first....lol
breather - don't know

Your clutch should go 80-120 depending on how you drive.
No you have saved a lot of car payments by repairing this car.


"George Wilson" > wrote in message
...
> fuel pump: every 60,000 miles although it should work longer, tranny
> shouldnt go out for like 150,000 unless you dog it and race a whole
> lot, or dont know how to drive stick, spark plugs and wires need to be
> done about every60 - 80 thousand miles the sensoers usually go out at
> 100,000, so do i think its a lemon? no, just normal for american
> made crap.
> On 3 Jan 2005 14:42:21 -0800, "Joel" > wrote:
>
>>I have a 1996 Saturn SL with 5 speed manual transmission. The car was
>>bought new and so far I have had to replace the following components:
>>
>>water/coolant pump
>>radiator
>>transmission
>>clutch
>>fuel pump (twice)
>>engine temperature sensor
>>engine pcv (?)
>>engine air cleaner
>>engine breather
>>engine spark plug wiring (?)
>>
>>My car is currently in the shop, and they have listed the last four
>>items on this list as the current problems. I am assuming that this
>>repair record is highly atypical. Is it? I know that manual clutches
>>need replacement after long use, but what about the other things?
>>
>>Joel
>