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'07 9-5 hates the heat...
Posted by Tulsaab

(# 1090) (more from Tulsaab) on Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:03:42

Over the past few days, my wife has been complaining that the 9-5 feels really sluggish off the line. Took a look at it last night to check the hoses, and notices that the hose from the intercooler to the plastic intake tube was about to pop, so tightened it. Everything else looked fine too (vacuum lines, etc.) So, I took it out today with on a roadtrip with the fam. Felt great in the morning, but this afternoon in temperatures above 90 degrees, was very very slow off the line...seemed to take forever for the turbo to spool up, and when it did, it was peppy. But below 3000rpm was a real dog. Now that I think about it, it's been doing this since I originally got the car back in '09...

Over the past year, i've done the following:

- new plugs
- new DIC
- new air filter
- cleaned the Throttle Body using instructions posted here.
- cleaned the MAF

Anyone have any idea what it could be, or is it just a Saab trait?

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Posts in this Thread:

'07 9-5 hates the heat..., Tulsaab , Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:03:42
- it's all about air density n/m, jimmy, Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:52:47
  - but isn't that part of the beauty of turbocharging?, AeroEd , Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:19:21
    - but off idle you have no turbo boost until 2k rpm n/m, jimmy, Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:29:45
- could it be the MAF?, Tulsaab , Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:07:16
  - Turbo Lag..., Johnson, Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:38:41
    - Oooh..an SMBC, eh?, Tulsaab , Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:28:48
      - I'm In AZ..., Johnson, Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:55:39
- Re: '07 9-5 hates the heat..., SG, Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:30:14
  - Re: '07 9-5 hates the heat..., tulsaab , Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:01:00
- Most engines do, especially turbo charged ones., Norm95, Sun, 15 Jul 2012 06:44:13
- My 2000 was like this, my 2008 not..., MI-Roger , Sun, 15 Jul 2012 05:23:50
- Re: '07 9-5 hates the heat..., Aero~0657, Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:45:56
  - Move up here to the PNW :)., Grendel, Sat, 14 Jul 2012 22:33:46

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