Post a picture of your Saturn

[MrQuackers]

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Super cute SC2!

 

[MrQuackers]

 

[daves87rs]

Nice!

 

[Rhymingmechanic]

Some old ones now that we can post photos:

1994 SL in 2005

Valve cover gasket change, 169,500 miles, after two Auto-Rx cycles.

After RX rinse #1. Material in the can is not from opening the filter.

After RX clean phase #2

Water pump impeller comparison, OEM at 172,000 vs. aftermarket. The replacement pump lasted 22,500 miles.

 

[MrQuackers]

Did the valvetrain ever clean up. It looks fairly dark compared to mine which is almost spotless. Currently at 164k miles. I do regularly use additives such as Rislone & MMO which may help.

 

[Rhymingmechanic]

Not that I could tell by looking through the oil fill. The black stuff was a crusty finish that probably would have come off with solvent and a plastic brush, but I didn't want to disturb it. The material in the oil filters was similar, a sort of black, gritty stuff.

The valve cover had one cleanish strip where the timing chain slung oil onto it. I don't know if that was because of the ARx, or just the fact of constant oil spray. I know the Rx did two things--cleaned black deposits off the dipstick, and stopped a leak around the manual transaxle shift linkage.

No such luck with oil consumption. It was using a quart every fillup by the time I got rid of it. Carmax gave me $500 as a trade-in.