# Overheating 2003 Saturn L **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** l, saturn\ **Created:** [May 10, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-2003-saturn-l/164119 "2020-05-10T07:54:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Razor408](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@Razor408](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Razor408)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-2003-saturn-l/164119/1 "2020-05-10T07:54:39Z")
Oil in my radiator reserve, but no water in my oil. car overheating. Whats going on??? ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-2003-saturn-l/164119/2 "2020-05-10T20:23:05Z")
Probably a bad head gasket. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-2003-saturn-l/164119/3 "2020-05-11T20:04:46Z")
Yup, agree, bad head gasket. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/overheating-2003-saturn-l/164119/4 "2020-05-11T20:32:11Z")
Check the transmission fluid. If the transmission fluid cooler in the radiator has a leak, transmission fluid will get into the coolant. And coolant will get into the transmission. Causing the transmission to run hot. Tester