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Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 03:18:57 GMT From: fmannopsaminteraccess.com Subject: Re: Cracked sump on a '95 900; Is there anything I can do short of replacing it....
If the cars a 95, would the repair be covered under warranty?. On Fri, 6 Nov 1998 15:40:02 -0000, "MJ Rabin" <MJRABINnopsamil.com> wrote: >Hello, > >Last week I brought my '95 Saab 900 for its UK MOT certificate. I had known >for a while that the car leaked oil. It had since I had bought it about a >year ago and my mother-in-law was the first to draw my attention to it when >I parked it on her nice paving stones! But I had thought the leaking oil was >down to improper installation of the oil filter or a bad gasket on the oil >plug. Wishful thinking I suppose. However, while up on the lift, it was >brought to my attention that there was a very small hairline fracture on the >aluminium oil sump that a small amount of oil was leaking from. You could >obviously see where the previous owner had grounded the sump over a speed >bump or some such thing as they were big gouges on the leading edge of the >sump. I can't remember ever grounding the car so severely myself. The garage >gleefully told me that a new sump would be about £400 and that it would take >a lot of labour to replace. My question is, is there anyway I don't have to >go to the expense and bother of replacing the sump with a brand new one, or >do I even have to replace the sump if I keep the car topped up with oil. I >check the oil quite frequently and it rarely seems low, and when it does I >simply top it up. Can I simply keep on with this regime. Alternatively, is >there anyway to repair the sump without replacing it. > >Any ideas or help would be appreciated. > >Yours, Jeff Rabin > >
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