So that's where the boost went...

That's awesome! I mean like, the photo of how shagged it is - Obviously it's not awesome for you as you'll have to spend wonga replacing stuff, and I don't wish that on you :-)

Good job you bought one of them there Saabs that'll do 300k with no problems and stopped driving that unreliable French crap mind you...

It still drives, like my 9000 did with the BHG. It just does it a little slower. Now my BHG did nothing for performance or cooling.

Elder gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Heh. Thanks. I think.

Anyway, done now. Should have been done last night, but for the oil return popping out, and going un-noticed until it was all warmed up - and since you're reaching between the manifold & down pipe to get at the damn thing, it got left until this morning...

Just, but I wouldn't have liked to lay odds if it had been an LPT without the intercooler to act as an air filter...

No, nor did the BHG in this car, back in January.

Turbo failures are mostly caused by poor maintenance or abuse. Always a risk with a used car.

You mean like not properly checking where that washer went?

heh that too

true to an extent, saabs are very durable. but they can have some irritating quirky faults...

funnily enough never had problems with citroens...

Funny cos I have. Driving along, pulled up at lights and the Shitron stopped dead. Ignition module and coil both dead. The only other vehicle I've a coil fail on in 30 years was when I left the ignition on for 4 hours.

Then there was the weird French idea that wiring can be made from brown dusty rust with a pale furry green coating of what may have been copper plating, packed into thin plastic tubes.

That's called sarcasm, I suppose?

Tom De Moor