Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 07:15:33 -0500 From: Fred W <Malt_Houndnospamm-me-not*yahoo.com> Subject: Re: If you had to choose!
Paul Halliday wrote: > 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/ > Well, I'm not talking C900's here, but I generally change my oil at ~5000 mile intervals. SAAB actually recommends 20k kilometer intervals (12.5k miles) as a base in the WIS, shortening duration when subjected to severe duty. -- -Fred W
