Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:55:21 +0100 From: "JD" <jonathonnopsameditch_AUNTY_SPAM_.com> Subject: Re: Turbo charger blown???
"GLL" <glammersnopsamysaccess.nl> wrote in message news:b86muj$dn$1nopsames.castel.nl... > I have got a 1998 Saab 9.5 2.0 LPT. > > I just noticed a large cloud of blue smoke when leaving the highway. > If I start the car there is a blue haze, and when I put my hand behind the > exhaust I get small oil drops on my hand. > > Suspect the turbo is blown or the seals have gone. > > I noticed more of us had the same experience. > > I will see the Saab dealer tomorrow, but to give a benchmark does anyone > have an idea what a Saab dealer (preferably in Holland) would (or is > supposed to)charge for a turbo change? > > gr Gert. > > Gert, I have a 2000 9-5 2.0 LPt which had the same prob. It was fixed under warranty but the dealership told me it was the best part of £1000. Dave, I may be wrong but I thought that the turbo unit was the same. It's just driver harder by the ECU. Jonathon