Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 13:15:42 +0100 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamsafish.com> Subject: Re: 97 Oil Dipstick
DAB wrote: > > Ok, I may be the first. I checked my oil dipstick, as usual, couldn't > tell if I was topped off or not so I put in two quarts. For the life of > me, I still couldn't tell if I added oil. > Why? You do it in two turns: First take the dipstick out and wipe it clean. Then put it back in fully and extract again. BTW this applies to all cars. > Two weeks later, the oil light came on simultaneously with a loud rod > knocking and the engine died. So I had to replace the engine to the > tune of $3,000. (used) Ugh! It shouldn't use any oil at this stage. Must have been a leak. > Without even getting in to why a 97 900 w/o turbo would lose so much > oil, I am advising folks to do whatever is needed to alter the damn > dipstick so you can actually check the oil. This was my fourth, and now > last Saab. If I can't trust them to design a dipstick, the party is > over. > DaveBrown Sorry to hear that, reply as above. Johannes
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