Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:03:56 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: If you had to choose!
in article Ga2dnWy9PqWCsU_eRVn-pgnospamphia.com, Fred W at Malt_Houndnospamm-me-not*yahoo.com wrote on 21/01/2006 12:41: > Should I wrote: >> If you had to choose between a 2001 9-5(4 cyl) vs 9-5 SE(V6) wagon >> which would you choose and why? >> > > I would choose the 4 cyl because I prefer that engine. I change my own > oil and so do it more often than the SAAB recomended therefore have no > sludging problems. But most importantly, I prefer the sedan to a "wagon". How often do you change the oil, Fred? On my C900, I change as soon after 3000 miles as I can remember. I'm of the opinion that a 9-5 HPT should be changed as frequently. I keep thinking about a 9-5 (yeah, yeah ... As well as a 9000 Anni), just to give the C900 a break and get it done up to the standard that I cannot while it is in daily and quite constant use. A 9-5 of that era (early 2000s) is within the price range that I'm prepared to pay. I'd go for a 2.3 Sedan. Very plush cars, indeed. Do we know what the actual cause of the sludging is? From what I have read, it is a problem with the crankcase breathing/vent system, which SAAB put forward a fix and then seemed to withdraw. Was it down to the internal shape of the catch tank? Maybe that was an additional problem. Dave (Hinz) - did you resolve your issue? On a second-hand car, what would an ideal fix be? Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/
