Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 21:09:22 +0100 From: "Tim Ricketts ,Wales, UK ." <rickettsnopsamil.com> Subject: Re: exhaust / braking problems
eb01013nopsamx.net wrote: > > I'm having this problem and hope someone out there might have some idea > of what's going on..its happens when I have to make a sudden stop at > lights, I get a huge blue cloud comming out from the exhaust...yes the > exhaust, not from the brakes. This does not happen all the time but just > some of the times when I have to suddenly step on the brakes abit more > than usual. Yes it smells terrible like burning oil and is very > noticeable, any ideas?? Vacuum leak maybe?, but where and how? I have > a 83 Turbo 900 Saab and everything else seems to work ok. THANKS. ERIK Sounds like you may have a leaking cam cover gasket.Oil leaks out on to the power steering/engine mount and when you brake gets dumped onto the hot down pipe.Check this before any thing else. Tim.