Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 17:02:22 -0500 From: "KP" <perlovnospaml.com> Subject: Re: Replaced turbo on 9-5 - still smokes
Henrik, I drive mostly highway miles - not too many short trips. I change oil every 5k miles with 5W30 mobile1. I also suspect that my turbo never really caused the smoke, although I can't blame the piston's rings cause compression is within specs. Any idea what else could be causing this? KP "Henrik B." <saabnospamPAM_tdcadsl.dk> wrote in message news:42a5a636$0$73194$edfadb0fnospamd14.news.tele.dk... > > "es" <saab9turbonospamo.com> skrev i en meddelelse > news:1118110256.227291.258440nospam2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >>I think its kinda funny how the older 9000s and 900s have just one >> turbo for the life of the car and that's it(if you treet it well). i >> know 4 people with 9-5s and 3 of them are in need of a new turbo or >> just got a new turbo yet my older 9000 with 175000m on it still got the >> original turbo. > > The turbo's aren't the problem! As you see with KP, his engine still > smokes after 3 new turbo's. > > I bet it's the piston-problem! The engine is simply sucking oil, when > cold. > > KP - How often do you change the oil? Which oil do you use and do you > drive a lot of short trips? > > Cheers! >