Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:28:58 GMT From: hohnopsamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) Subject: Re: Life expectation for Saab 95 silencer (muffler)?
In article <ai48ib$gpk$2nopsamews.dekooi.nl>, Fam. Lammers <glammersnopsamo.dekooi.nl> wrote: > I have a Saab 9-5, the first 3 years we made mainly short trips and the rear > muffler did develop a leak and by the looks of it in a similar way as yours > after 3 years. Pretty poor for such an expensive and (supposed to be) > quality car!!!. This kind of driving is bad for any exhaust system. > Looks > like one day I will have to replace the complete exhaust system (from the > catalytic convertor onwards) as it is one piece stainless steel part. It is not stainless steel, it is ordinary steel with aluminium coating. It is in one piece for easier mounting at the factory. The replacement parts sold by Saab is in normal size pieces. The broken part is cut away and the new one mounted. -- G–ran Larsson http://www.nospam.com