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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 05:20:00 +0000 (UTC)
From: craignospam.apana.org.au (Craig Ian Dewick)
Subject: Re: C900 - oil showing significant concentration of metallic particles


gregory trimper <trimpernospamcop.net> writes: >Craig Ian Dewick wrote: >> Thanks everyone for all the advice so far on this. I'm presuming that a >> compression test I need to take the car to a shop for? >You can do it yourself. A compression tester should cost just under >AUD$20, you'll need a torx bit to remove the plate over the spark plug >well, and a spark plug socket or tool. To test compression, remove a >spark plug, insert the compression tester (get a screw on with proper >threaded adapter, and not the "push" type with rubber tips), disconnect >the fuel pump relay and coil line, crank the engine, read compression. >Repeat. Ok thanks for this. I'll hunt around for a compression tester. No doubt Ebay will reveal some for sale. That's how I'm sourcing most of the parts for my C900's btw... Much cheaper than trying to get them through local dealers who want an arm and a leg (and another arm!) for them. 8-) I had no idea a compression test was that simple to do! You can tell I'm not a professional mechanic. lol >Consider picking up at least a Haynes, or preferably Bentley, service >manual. I have a Haynes manual which has already proven it's worth when I needed to replace the fuel gauge sender on my 1985 900i (some of the parts of the old sender are still in the bottom of the tank somewhere!). Trying to find a copy of the Bentley 8-valve Saab 900 book is something that's ongoing. Since it's out of print, they're very difficult to find new. I have a copy of the Bently 16-valve book which is good for some things relating to cars with the 8-valve engine. >> I'll get a sample of >> the oil and try a magnet on it in the next couple of weeks as well. >Let us know what you find! Visible metal in the oil is highly unusual >in an engine that continues to run. That's exactly what I was thinking! I'm jacking up my 1985 900i as soon as I read this to check the brakes on the two front wheels. The person I bought the car from was truthful in saying that the brake pedal has to pressed all the way to the floor to get any effect. I have a spare master cylinder if it's needed, but I'm hoping it's something simple like a buggered seal in one the lines to the slave cylinders. Once I solve that, I'll get a sample of the oil from the engine in the 1982 900S and do some tests on it based on everyone's advice so far... Regards, Craig. -- Craig Ian Dewick (craignospam.apana.org.au). http://nospam/~craig APANA Sydney Regional Co-ordinator. Operator of Jedi (an APANA Sydney POP). Always striving for a secure long-term future in an insecure short-term world Have you exported a crypto system today? Do your bit to undermine the NSA.

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