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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:48:11 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Bob Brown" <ollisbrownnopsamenworld.com>
Subject: Re: oil pressure and water temp


I changed the thermostat on my 9000CS recently. It took the best part of two hours because of the location at the back of the engine behind all the plumbing. "Andrew Hookins" <andrew.hookinsnopsamamnopsamodata.co.uk> wrote in message news:ugtnskb5t7sl36nopsam.supernews.com... > Hi, > > Ed Abbott of Abbott Racing told me that the temp needle should be > in the 9 o'clock to half past 9 region of the gauge. Anything lower than > that and the thermostat is not working properly. The thermostat should > cost in the region of 7 UK pounds (10 US dollars) and is a fairly easy > DIY job or about half hour at a garage (shop) plus anti-freeze top up. > > I'm sorry to say that I can't advise on the oil pressure warning light. > > AndyH > > "Jason Dodds" <jasondoddsnopsamhlink.net> wrote in message > news:IntN8.236$NQ1.180nopsamread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net... > > I have a 95 Saab 900S and I've been experiencing some weird warning > lights. > > When I start the car, everything is fine. After some driving around in > the > > city, the oil pressure light starts coming on when I slow down to an idle > or > > come to a stop. If I'm driving on the highway, there aren't any problems > > until I come to a stop again. Also, when I'm driving at highway speeds, > my > > water temp always stays at the bottom of the gauge. When I drive in the > > city, it starts to get up to the middle of the gauge (at the same time the > > oil pressure light comes on. Do you think there is any correlation > between > > the two? I was thinking I had a bad thermostat(water temp) and a bad head > > gasket(oil pressure). I'd love to know anybody's thoughts on these > problems > > (and how much this is going to run me in the shop). Thanks for the help. > > > > Jason > > > > > >

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