1996 Saturn SL1 96 SL1 wont start

Under ur intake manifold there is the starter under ur starter is ur crankshaft postion sensor it has two wires going to it and is held in by a 10 mm bolt the bolt faces up it's the only sensor back there that is held on like that. If u have a ohms Metter u can use it to test the sensor put the meter on 2k scale and measure the ohms across the two terminals with it unplugged let me know what u find.

So since ur car has been worked on it hasn't started?Does the code reader u rented have a battery in it or does it power up off the car?If it powers up off the car does it power up?Check all ur fuses inside and outside let me know what u find.

When u checked the fuses did u use a test light and make sure u had power to both sides u should have power to both sides of the fuse let me know what u find.

The PCM is located on the drivers side under the dash mounted verticle with the connectors facing down towards the floor board.I asked u if u checked to see if all the fuses had power to each side to make sure all the fuses were powered up. Because most likely the guy who did ur repair ethier pinched a wire and blew a fuse or left something unpluged under the hood and doing that would find ur problem. We could also elimate that possibility and work are way back to the computer. But to check for power and ground and to check the wires running from ur ob2 connector to ur PCM u will need a multimeter. Let me know what u find.

Thats normal for those fuses to not have power there for a automatic transmission anyways even if u had a automatic transmission they still wouldnt have power till the pcm commaned those gears.lets go with ur code cant talk to ur pcm here is a trouble tree for u to follow for a car that u cant talk to the pcm let me know what u find.