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MARY LADNER Posted on Oct 21, 2013
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Car backfire smoke and spark came out tail pipe 2003 saturn ion

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! Your injectors are floading the engine with too much gas. may be an injector stuck open, but not all of the fuel is burning in the engine and its running into the exhaust system, A hot catalytic converter ignites the excess fuel causing it to ignite and spark out your tail pipe. It can cause a huge fire. Dont drive it until its fixed.

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  • Posted on Jan 02, 2010

SOURCE: 2003 Saturn Ion spark plug replacement

go to autozone.com and set up a free account. You will then have access to vehicle repair guides and can get all the info and diagrams you need, plus help with troubleshooting! Hope this helps!

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SOURCE: 2003 saturn ion 1 spark plug hole is stripped

I recommend you have this repaired by a mechanic as they have special tools that can assist in making the repair. You can get what is called a Boss repair kit from Auto Zone that you can use to make the repair yourself however it's not the simplest repair and in an engine that new it is most likely aluminum which means it will be very easy to damage beyond repair if you aren't careful.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 07, 2010

SOURCE: white smoke comes out of tail pipe in morning

its due to the dew or the wet condition prevailing in your area, idle the car for sometime, then you can notice the white smoke disappearing.. :)

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