Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 07:17:40 GMT From: hohnopsamove.se.NO_JUNK_EMAIL (Goran Larsson) Subject: Re: TROUBLE WITH MAGNET IN TURBO 9-3 1999 MODELL
In article <37814E00.5C2Bnopsamnet>, Justin VanAbrahams <jvanabranopsamnet> wrote: > Joakim Stensson wrote: > > > > I felt that my turbo did not respond as fast as it should at the saab dealer > > they explained that they had to do something with a magnet in the turbo. It > > costed 300 Us dollars to fix (garantee work). > > > There is *no* magnet in a turbocharger. Whoever told you this > was either lying or misinformed, and if I were you I would call > Saab corporate and share this experience with them. Calm down. The turbo is controlled from the APC (older models) or Trionic engine management system (later models) by a elecroMAGNETIC vent (MAGNETventil in Swedish, don't know that they called it in Norway.) It is usually mounted near the radiator and has three tubes (leading to the wastegate) and two wires (from the APC/Trionic) connected to it. If it fails the turbo regulation will not work. Broken elecroMAGNETIC vents is a common problem on some model years but I haven't heard of any common problems for the 1999 9-3s. The price for the elecroMAGNETIC vent is somewhere around US $230 or so. > As far as a turbocharger not responding quickly enough, that's > a very vague problem. All turbos have some degree of turbo > lag, and there is little that you can do to change that fact. If the elecroMAGNETIC vent is broken the wastegate may be stuck upen, or half open, and that will certainly create a problem for the turbo. > or exhaust leak, your turbo is already doing all that it can. ..and dumping most of its efforts through the wastegate. > But, regardless, the problem is not 'magnetic' in any way, > shape, or form. Quite strong words there. -- Goran Larsson hoh AT approve DOT se I was an atheist, http://home DOT swipnet DOT se/hoh/ until I found out I was God.
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