Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 22:41:13 +0100 From: Frode Haugen <fhnopsammica.no> Subject: Re: 900 turbo smokes
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> ccfreak wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>My 89' SAAB 900 turbo starts to blow out huge clouds of smoke the size of <br>large buildings of you let it sit and idle for more than about five minutes. <br>It clears up when I hit the gas a few times. The car only has 90,000 miles <br>on it and uses absolutly no oil (except when it does this). Does anyone have <br>any ideas? Thanks.</blockquote> Well, I had the _exact_ same symptoms on my 1978 99, but they disappeared completely <br>after I dismantled the unit and assembled it and removed some carbon deposits on the <br>turbine's rear side. <p>Also, i made sure that the oil seal on the turbine side was installed with the gap facing up, <br>not knowing wether this really matters. <p>Didn't change one single part inside the unit! I must have driven approximately 20 - 30000 km after that without problems. <br> </html>