Hello, We have a 2004 9-3 sedan, and being the shade tree mechanicthat I am, I thought I?d change the oil on this beast myself. Well,after 30 minutes of clambering around....I could not find the oilfilter!We have the 2.0T engine. Can someone please point me in the rightdirection! I know these turbo bearings are finecky with dirty oil.Regards,Jose :?:

I usually look for the oil filter and drain before I buy the car, so I can determine how easy it will be to change the oil myself. When I bought by first Saab in 1985 they probably thought I was crazy when crawled under the car in the showroom.

Umm...where is my Oil Filter?

Apr 30, 2005 23 Replies

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Dexter J 21 years ago

When last we walked through this at alt.autos.saab - I'm pretty sure we were reliably informed that they simply order by litre almost exclusively .. :) ..

I'm of two minds on the metric system having grown up on the imperial measures act - only to have to changed about the time I was getting through high school here in Canada. Made for some interesting finals for many.

Interestingly - I can adjust my 1993 Aero display to report metric temperatures and 24 hour clocks - but at the same time still measure mileage in imperial or US gallons. I much prefer metric for measurement and fasteners, but still like imperial for comparative calculations.

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Pooh Bear 21 years ago

In Germany perhaps ? Idid put in the caveat *normally*btw. ;-)

I can assure you I've ordered by the half litre ( in Scandinavia for example ) but now I come to think of it in Germany it was more like " drei Bier bitte ".

Yeah, I started on imperial and *thankfully* we started using metric shortly after starting physics at school. Measures like footpoundals just make no sense at all.

I find imperial still handy for 'everyday' things like inches, feet, pints. Engineering *only* makes sense in metric.

I've more or less got better used to degrees C now too.

Graham

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Roo 21 years ago

"Pooh Bear" wrote: > Dexter J wrote: > > > Salutations: > >

The best price I have come across for the SAAB oil filter tool is here:

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It is the shallow 32mm, 6-point socket...

Happy SAAB-ing!

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Craig's Saab C900 Site 21 years ago

It's wierd to have to use a special tool to remove an oil filter! That must be the 'GM way' though - gotta make it so hard to service a car yourself so you've got to take it to an accredited outlet which can have all the right tools, etc. on hand.

In my C900's the oil filter is a bit tight to access but it's removed (and replaced) by hand. Screw on until the gasket touches the mounting with light finger-tightness, then another half-turn to tighten up to the right torque.

I'm using Saab OEM oil filters which I was able to buy a box of from a supplier in the UK. Got enough to last for many oil changes now. 8-)

Regards,

Craig.

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