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Problem Finally Solved!
Posted by scottadam (more from scottadam) on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:11:14
In Reply to: 78' GLE Coolant still boiling out of cap, scottadam, Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:05:18
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OK, so what was happening was that the electric water pump was going into vapor-lock and needed to be bled, something the 1st Saab shop was unaware of. This was also a problem they most likely introduced, although I guess if the thermostat was bad this could have caused it. However, when they replaced the thermostat thinking that perhaps that was the problem and then re-filled with coolant and didn't bleed the pump it just begain to boil over again. The first shop also re-fixed the shift linklage (what my car was originally in for)with a 900 part and a screw, which means I had to pay for this to be done again with the right parts as this fix only worked for a few miles(Which is apparently not that hard to find since SAF had 2 of them on hand. The proper way to replace the linkage was also a published fix by Saab, and thought I assumed a Saab-only shop would know this, they didn't (1st shop). I would not reccomend that anyone take their car there (Saab Replay in Berkeley). For anyone in the bay area, take your older Saab to the Swedish Auto Factory, they work on lots of old Saabs and know what they're doing.
Thanks to everyone who replied!
Posts in this Thread:
- 78' GLE Coolant still boiling out of cap, scottadam, Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:05:18
- Problem Finally Solved!, scottadam, Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:11:14 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: 78' GLE Coolant still boiling out of cap, scottadam, Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:53:04
- Re: 78' GLE Coolant still boiling out of cap, Andy in PDX, Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:38:39
- Re: 78' GLE Coolant still boiling out of cap, JohnT , Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:56:19
- what if.........., DougM , Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:14:06
- Do test for combustion in coolant >>>>, BobD, Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:33:55
- Re: 78' GLE Coolant still boiling out of cap, dan , Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:52:32
- Re: 78' GLE Coolant still boiling out of cap, mark, Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:41:47
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