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From what I have read here I am confident its my turbo
Posted by RchiWaWa [Email] (more from RchiWaWa) on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:47:00
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I recently bought a 2001 Saab 9-5 3.0L gasoline edition. The long of it is I took it out for a drive at the lot and purchased it immediately falling in love in short order. After about a month of ownership I have noticed two things.
1.) If the car is idled in excess of 10 minutes (Has to be at least ten minutes) it will begin to smoke
2.)About a week ago it smoked when starting cold. Not much, barely noticeable really. The car is typically stored overnight with the nose pointing at the bottom of a 9% grade hill.
My main concern is fouling up oxygen sensor(s), clogging up cat, and maybe more (worse?!?) I changed the oil when I bought it and the oil was ridiculously clean and "topped off". Before changing the oil after 4k miles I found no appreciable loss of oil. I am hoping these signs are pointing to "Replacement/rebuild eventually needed" as opposed to "Man, catastrophic failure is imminent within days". Any thoughts you might have would be greatly appreciated (I want someone to hold my hand and tell me it should be fine).
One other thing is that the boost gauge needle will go into the red zone approximately 1/8th inch which the manual says it should not do. Again, thoughts and wisdom appreciated!
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