Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:15:36 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: 1990 SAAB 900i problems
Janis Cukurs wrote: > 1. When I accelerate while steering left, I can hear this rumbling sort of > noise in the front right wheel. Sounds like the mechanism that joins the > drive shaft with the wheel. What would this problem be caused by? How > could it be best checked and fixed? This is probably the CV joint, the inner driver, or the wheel bearing. Difficult to tell from here, without hearing it. If you don't have any experience of this kind of thing then at least get someone who is to have a drive/listen, and tell you what they think. > 2. When I drive at a speed of about 100 km / h, I noticed a funny thing > about the car. When I hold the steering wheel while driving it drives nice > and straight. When I take my foot off the gas pedal, it slightly starts > moving left, (I don't changed the steering wheel position) and it > straightens back in the normal driving direction, when I put my foot back on > the accelerating. What does this problem sound like? How could it be > fixed? Could very well be related to number 1. > 3. When I park the car, I have noticed a few drops of oil leaking from the > engine, over a period of two weeks or so. How serious is this? Is there a > way to fix it? Perfectly normal for a Saab - don't worry about it. > Any help and advice would be appreciated. By the way, there is one more > thing, which I am sort of embarrassed to tell you, but I will anyways... I > am not a native English speaker, I am Latvian (living in Finland) and I > don't know all these technical terms. A lot of what I read in the other > posts simply doesn't make sense to me. So, is there some internet reference > where there are descriptions of car parts, especially if it relates to my > type of car. I need to learn to communicate to the pros! :) Don't know - but perhaps someone else will. Good luck. -- Grunff
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