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I recently fell victim to the 'oil sludge' problem with my 9-5 engine -
124,000 kms. ( 4,000 kms out of a major service )
Had noticed a buzzing noise on cold starts and thought it was a sqeaky
fan belt - later discovered this was the oil pump struggling to get oil
from the sump.
Then 2 weeks ago a vibration from the front, and later that day the oil
light stayed on while starting and I knew it was major.
Diagnosis was a thrown timing belt ( had been replaced previously at
60K kms ) and a blocked oil pump.
In the end, had to replace the engine block.
Have had my car dealer serviced at the correct intervals for all but
one service when I went 3,000 kms over.
SAAB(GM) knocked me back on compensation for the new engine because of
this.
Motto:
Don't believe the service intervals from the dealer - they should be
halved for oil changes especially with city cars.
Find a specialist SAAB mechanic who know the car.
Have to recommend the guys at SAAB Tech at Mona Vale ( Sydney ) for a
great job. Much better service than the dealers and at half the price.
cheers,
Peter
Re: Saab 9-5 Oil sludge
gw.mail@myrealbox.com wrote:
3000 km ? Where are you ? Hard to say from headers in your case. Ahh Ok -
OZ - I got it now. It was Sydney that was the give-away.
What oil have you been using ?
I find it curious that European drivers of the same cars apparently don't
suffer much.
Graham
Re: Re: Saab 9-5 Oil sludge
On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 05:30:28 +0100, Pooh Bear
I was surprised when I got a letter from Saab USA adding a sludge
damage warranty up to 200,000 miles with NO !!! NO time limit.
But the letter did stress frequent oil changes and I use Saab oil from
the Saab dealer. It is very cheap insurance.
Malcolm
Re: Saab 9-5 Oil sludge
Millions and millions of miles of Saabs in Denmark and Sweden, show that
Mobil1 fully-synth is a darn good oil, for the Saab turbo-engines. Besides
that, it is factory-fill on all new Saabs.
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Re: Saab 9-5 Oil sludge
gw.mail@myrealbox.com wrote:
I don't get it, something does not smell right. If you threw the timing
belt, then that means you have the V6 engine, which is not known to have
the sludge problem, AFAIK. If you do have the 2.3L 4 cylinder engine,
which has been suffering the oil sludge problem, then you have a timing
chain, not a belt.
I'd fight it. One oil change 3,000 k past due would not have caused
this problem on a properly designed engine. They are just looking for
reasons to avoid paying-out on warranty issues that are obviously their
responsibility.
Funny, but that has always been the case (reduced change intervals for
frequent short trips). I don't see how having a service interval
reminder on the dashboard would negate that.
-Fred W
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