Date: 6 Mar 2003 15:21:51 GMT From: davehinznopsamcop.net Subject: Re: First Time Turbo Buyer
Someone who looks an awful lot like Matt Gibson <gothicknopsamick.org.uk> wrote: > davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: >> This isn't >> all that critical (especially since 1987 when Saab went to a water-cooled >> turbo, which runs cooler), but it's not a bad idea. > Saab themselves certainly still advised it after '87 -- I know because my > '88 T16S still has the Saab information sticker on the back of the driver's > side pull-down sun visor thing! It says to idle for at least 30 seconds > before switching the engine off. Sure, but my point is, it went from "You really, really should do this for the following very solid reasons" to "It's not a bad idea" when they went to water-cooled turbos. The manual for my '99 9-5 doesn't mention it that I was able to find last night. Dave