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2003 9-3SS Cylinder Head Leak Posted by Chadwick [Email] ![]() ![]() |
Hey everyone,
I'm a small time Saab mechanic
I don't know too much about the 03+ 9-3's and I'm recently learning more. Had a client come in with the cylinder head seeping around the timing area of the engine and along the front of the block under the intake manifold and throttle body. We see this on OG9-3's and 9-5's all the time and usually just retorque or replace the cylinder head bolts due to the stretching. Does anyone know if the case with the new SS's? The head bolts look to be on a different design and also don't take the external E16 of the older bolts. Compression numbers from the car were fine. Changing the belt tensioner and belt was a pain due to the huge amount of oil that had dumped down the timing cover and onto the crank pulley and tensioner. The car has had all proper service completed and the owner regularly changes the oil, so this issue seems odd.
Thoughts? Anders, maybe you can advise, I would assume you have more experience with these.
Attached is a pic of some of the leaking
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