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Re:a good idea of what goes wrong on saabs..
Posted by trog100 [Email] (more from trog100) on Wed, 27 Nov 2002 15:16:53
In Reply to: SAAB Headgaskets, gorper, Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:12:04
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can be got from reading this BB board i think.. there is a lot of "mythology" and paranoia no doubt and one other thing common to this board... is "high" mileage and general old age.... basically if u keep clocking up the miles and the years something is gonna fail.. the head gasket failing does seem the thing that gives out first.. every article and picture seems to suggest the eroson between waterway and cylinder happens.. perhaps we need some folks to pull a few heads at 150k just to have a look.. he he
i would agree that saabs are no worse than any other car in this respect.. saab head gasket do not fail prematurely.. but this board makes it clear that it is a common failure at high mileages pretty much like it would be in most cars.. saabs to seem to deliver very high mileages in other respects.. perhaps this shows up the gasket failure more than it should.. but as i say in the end something does have to fail..
one thing i have learnt.. head gaskets actually wear out.. they do not just blow as i always imagined they did..
one other thing is clear from reading this board.. folks really do clutch at very straw in the book before finally admitting to themselves that it is the head gasket.. he he
do a google search for "head gasket erosion".. it drags up quite a lot of usefull info.. in fact it makes u wonder just how the things last as long as they do.. !!..
trog100
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Posts in this Thread:
- Blown gasket? White Smoke but clean oil., Patrick Timlin, Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:26:50
- Re: Blown gasket? White Smoke but clean oil., MS, Fri, 29 Nov 2002 05:02:19
- Re: Blown gasket? White Smoke but clean oil., burlyb, Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:50:18
- Re: its the common failure.., trog100, Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:29:33
- Re: Blown gasket? White Smoke but clean oil., compaqted, Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:11:58
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