I've been driving my first Saab, '90 900 4dr, since last July, ran like a champ up until Sat. night. I parked it at the post office on my way home from work, came back out and when I started it the engine shook real hard like it was running on 3cyl. or something, and a large plume of sweet smelling steam came up from the front part of the motor underneath. I knew that smell and figured my water pump or a hose sprung a leak. I hit the gas and it perked right up and went away, drove home with no problem, temp gauge was right on it's mark(just after 3:00). Let the car sit awhile, went back out and started it, same thing, only lots of smoke from the tail pipe, but was 25degrees and I figure it was just cold. Next day I decided to investigate further and noticed right off the coolant reseviour was near empty.
I pulled the #4 plug and sure enough I could see the nice amber stuff I had replaced the green stuff with last summer right after getting the car. I turned the motor over with no spark just to watch it spit the stuff out of the hole. What really sucks is I went through effort of completely draining the system last summer & replacing the fluid with the G05 stuff(special thanks to Swedcar for his posts on this) and Townsend's lessons on coolant & head gaskets of course. Well, my old grey mare is as good as dead now, she still starts and runs good when warmed up, but I can't drive her anymore, you know the deal. This car grew on me like no other car I've owned, I was really beginning to enjoy it, especially that heated seat!
Anyone out their ever pay for this repair? If so I would appreciate you posting the cost.
8lugnuts(MichaelH)
'90 900 4dr, mileage unknown(Summah time odo,
'summah time she works, summah time she don't')

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• Worst Fears Confirmed - Head Gasket, MichaelH, Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:53:54 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Worst Fears Confirmed - Head Gasket, MichaelH, Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:32:37
    • Re: you can do the Head Gasket, johnK, Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:07:58
      • Re: you can do the Head Gasket, MichaelH, Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:39:21
    • FWIW ..., RS , Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:38:36
      • RUSTBURG....&Saabu, MichaelH, Wed, 26 Jan 2005 04:35:03
        • Re: RUSTBURG....&Saabu, RS , Wed, 26 Jan 2005 04:48:20
      • & the Twinsaab.com site , too. n/m, bj, Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:05:05
  • hydro-lock, maybe try some sealant, JohnK, Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:59:03
  • Not the end of the world, JD From LA, Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:53:10
    • Been driving with bad HG over a year, PJ Cats, Tue, 25 Jan 2005 02:02:34
      • start saving $$$ for a new engine..., Saabu , Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:20:22
        • New old saab cheaper than new engine n/m, PJ Cats, Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:17:32
          • DITTO THAT!, MichaelH, Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:56:09
      • Re: Been driving with bad HG over a year, berkeleybull, Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:14:16
        • Head Gasket Replacement........., jhelhorst, Mon, 7 Feb 2005 03:39:24

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