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Re: 2002 L 200 and intro
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Re: 2002 L 200 and intro -
07-03-2003
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:49:16 -0400, "New & Improved - N/F John" trompiano2000 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> sounded like: : Got some small peeves, like the de-fogger, takes a long long time for the rear window. And especially I have a question about arming alarm. All the cars I ever had armed and closed the door on delay. This one just arms the alarm. Doors remain open. Then, of course, I forget, and open the door. Oboy. Honk honk. I would think the locks would go down by pushing the lock botton on the key chain first and after the second press the horn would beep. It does do that. I meant, if you get out of the car and simply walk away. It is programmed to arm the alarm, but it does not lock the doors at the same time. All my other cars do. And no, without looking, I'm not sure of the brands of the other ones. The idea is that if you forgets to lock the car, after 5 minutes or say, 30 seconds on my Van, it will lock itself and arm. The Saturn just arms. You forget about it and yay.. Honk Honk on your return. (Unless you are aware of it and hit the Lock button on the remote.) I'd like it to act like the others and Lock & Arm. Is there a way around this? I sure cannot find it. Check the manual. There are two ways to program the door locks on my 2001 L200. Manual says nothing about auto locking, except when you start the car. Another item would be the oil recommended is 5w-30. But 10w-30 is also mentioned. 5w30 is "best" for your car, it says. I used 10w-30 and hope it's cool. I would go with 5w30 Reason please. The "Oil guy" says it's an overkill and we're not in alaska or the Kalahari desert. I don't understand his reluctance on 5w30. The book says 1-w40 is OK as well, but the 5w30 is best. This seems a nice quiet group. Gonna hang around a bit and see if I can get this car figured out. Sounds like you have good luck so far. Be aware that Saturn is recalling these cars for an ignition problem sometime in July. Zatros - The Harmonizer. Do you sing or play an instrument? Nope.. it is a reference to Life. When things are out of Harmony, I harmonize them. People, events, feelings, so on. Just a joke, really. (Grin.) Zatros - The Harmonizer. |
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Time for a new oil guy!! Sounds like an idiot, or an "old school" guy. Could be that your oil guy only carries 10-30 and thats why he recommends 10-30? Lots of smaller shops do this as they can't afford or have the room to carry more oil weights in stock. Definatly do the 5-30! 10-30 (in real basic terms) is thicker oil... thicker oil will flow slower and might not lube as good as it should in certain situations (expecially during startup). The colder it gets, the more it makes a difference. The engine has been manufactured/designed with 5-30 in mind. If you run 10-30, you might not notice any problems now, but maybe 5 years from now when your engine seals are leaking bad or you are blowing smoke and need some major engine work, you will wonder why other peoples car's arnt doing so. Don't risk your expensive engine because of one guys opinion... its not his car or his money. Its understandable not to go to a synthetic oil when its twice or more the price but use common sense here. Zatros wrote: On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:49:16 -0400, "New & Improved - N/F John" trompiano2000 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> sounded like: : Got some small peeves, like the de-fogger, takes a long long time for the rear window. And especially I have a question about arming alarm. All the cars I ever had armed and closed the door on delay. This one just arms the alarm. Doors remain open. Then, of course, I forget, and open the door. Oboy. Honk honk. I would think the locks would go down by pushing the lock botton on the key chain first and after the second press the horn would beep. It does do that. I meant, if you get out of the car and simply walk away. It is programmed to arm the alarm, but it does not lock the doors at the same time. All my other cars do. And no, without looking, I'm not sure of the brands of the other ones. The idea is that if you forgets to lock the car, after 5 minutes or say, 30 seconds on my Van, it will lock itself and arm. The Saturn just arms. You forget about it and yay.. Honk Honk on your return. (Unless you are aware of it and hit the Lock button on the remote.) I'd like it to act like the others and Lock & Arm. Is there a way around this? I sure cannot find it. Check the manual. There are two ways to program the door locks on my 2001 L200. Manual says nothing about auto locking, except when you start the car. Another item would be the oil recommended is 5w-30. But 10w-30 is also mentioned. 5w30 is "best" for your car, it says. I used 10w-30 and hope it's cool. I would go with 5w30 Reason please. The "Oil guy" says it's an overkill and we're not in alaska or the Kalahari desert. I don't understand his reluctance on 5w30. The book says 1-w40 is OK as well, but the 5w30 is best. This seems a nice quiet group. Gonna hang around a bit and see if I can get this car figured out. Sounds like you have good luck so far. Be aware that Saturn is recalling these cars for an ignition problem sometime in July. Zatros - The Harmonizer. Do you sing or play an instrument? Nope.. it is a reference to Life. When things are out of Harmony, I harmonize them. People, events, feelings, so on. Just a joke, really. (Grin.) Zatros - The Harmonizer. |
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