Ideas on what could cause this?

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

1997 saturn sl1

Sometimes when i turn off my car (to fill gas for example) my car wont start back up right away. I hit the starter solenoid and that does nothing. It happens at random on when it starts or doesnt want to start up.

But if i wait say 10+ mins, itll startup like normal.

My guess is the starter but im not sure

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[Bob Kazamakis]

Could be the solenoid getting too hot. Used to happen to the Pontiac till I bought some heat shield thing they sell for it.

 

[Mook]

do you have the performance button flipped on? if not, theres your problem.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

ya the boost button is enabled. Usually that always fixes the problem

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

I have an extra starter. Ill swap it tonite i guess

 

[Dasfinc]

Did the car have a factory or aftermarket alarm?

 

[EmersonHart13]

Bird poop on the windows.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Did the car have a factory or aftermarket alarm?

maybe.. theres an extra connector under the dash. ill get some pics

Bird poop on the windows.

you have no idea

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Sick tuner port bro

 

[Dasfinc]

What in the fuck is that thing?

I'd say it doesn't look stock, but saturn assembly doesn't look OEM clean half the time....

I'd say it's a port for the Transmission system or something, but I know yours is a 5 speed IIRC..... and ATS on google for saturns just says Air temp Sensor....




If this is a 'newly' happening thing, I would just replace the starter if you have the spare, and check/clean all of your grounds while you have it out for good measure.

 

[wolfe]

Starter for sure. Unless it's the flux capacitor.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

What in the fuck is that thing?

I'd say it doesn't look stock, but saturn assembly doesn't look OEM clean half the time....

I'd say it's a port for the Transmission system or something, but I know yours is a 5 speed IIRC..... and ATS on google for saturns just says Air temp Sensor....




If this is a 'newly' happening thing, I would just replace the starter if you have the spare, and check/clean all of your grounds while you have it out for good measure.

Yea its not stock i believe, the standard ob2 port is left of that one. I wasn't able to find anything on it either.

 

[Sprayin]

Aliens.

But seriously, test the solenoid and the starter. Jumper the solenoid with a screwdriver or something see if it spins. Or do it the right way and grab a DMM and test for voltage. There are only a few terminals on the solenoid so its not hard to figure out.

Also, the hitting the starter trick isn't used to "fix" a solenoid. Hitting a solenoid wont do anything. It was a hillbilly trick for getting the starter motor off a dead spot.

But seriously, aliens. Starter needs tinfoil hat.

 

[Flyn]

I tried to image search the ATS port but no joy. Maybe there are ID marks at the other end of the wiring? Hopefully your issue is a simple solenoid/starter repair and does not involve tracking down shorting alarm wires.