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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / December 2007

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Saturn 1994 SL2  died 85 miles from home/ HELP

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dave - 12 Dec 2007 21:47 GMT
Yesterday I drove from Upstate NY to Long Island

My destination was made and then car died. Each time I sarted the car
it would die when I drove a few feet.  (More later about this)

I spent 8 hours fixing transmission line leak. Lost 3 quarts of oil.
Real leak was oil transmission oil filter,  Finally no leaks but:

When I drive the car it would die when I would hit the brake pedal.
So
I drove and would use hand brake to go down the street.

So I drove to a service station that night and asked if they can take
a look.
I said perhaps can not be fixed tonight so Mechanic said he will
disable Brake pedal switch.
Okay we talked for a few min I said do not bother we can pull fuse.
He was great only 10 dollars for one hour. Long Island  is great

I was on my way. Another couple of problems. Signal light and flasher
would also make engine spit sputter and almost die. So I avoided
using
them.

At last I made it home
Today a new day clean all oil off of front of transmission area. Open
up wiring harness. No oil in harness. Clean all wires to transmission
and oh boy no more problem.

Not exactly sure why car is running with no problems. I put the fuse
back for the brake lights and still no problem.

Anybody have a clue what happened
Steve Austin - 13 Dec 2007 00:50 GMT
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You might have a real touchy ground wire that you were moving when doing
the work.  A lot of GM's run the PCM grounds to a transaxle mount stud/bolt.
dave - 13 Dec 2007 03:20 GMT
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I am having the same problen this evening.
I took off groung wires and cleaned but no help
Car once again stalls when I press brake peda.
If I turn on signal light the RPMs will drop
If I turn on flashers RPMs will drop even further
One las ting when I turn on the brake the dash board left and right
signal show up very dim.
Refinish King - 13 Dec 2007 03:44 GMT
How about maybe you need a f.cking alternator?

Sounds like it isn't charging enough, or the diodes are bad, and it's
putting out AC current.

Test it with a voltmeter, set to the AC scale. Anything more than .50 of a
volt AC, it's bad.

RK
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dave - 13 Dec 2007 04:54 GMT
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dave - 13 Dec 2007 13:47 GMT
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I checked the wiring diagram and there are 2 possible switches that
may cause this problem.
There is a park sense switch & a brake transmission safety interlock.
Does anyone know about these switches they appear to be in series with
the stop light switch?
 
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