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As you may have guessed, I pulled my valve cover (2.3)and whammo, sludge all over the place. Why did I pull the vavle cover? - high pitch whining noise and then I had my oil pressure light come on (blinking and then solid) with a CEL. It's been sitting in my garage for a week, while I decide what to do next. Here are my thoughts:
Check the oil pan for sludge - wiper blade at the ready...
Pull the oil pan? Search on the board indicates this may be a lot of work - or can I do it myself?
Check for the oil pressure relief valve being stuck - clogged? This is accessed by removing my oil filter and finding it inside the mount - correct? How do I remove it to check it?
Should I put the engine through a flush (Anders recommends BG and others have said that AMSOIL engine flush is good) But I fear something loosening and clogging up.
I have read that one guy on the BITOG forum spraying carburator cleaner inside the oil drain hole (after draining it of course), to clean the oil pick up screen or loosen crud on it and then flushing. Sounds reasonable. Is this an option?
Found the BG engine flush @ $25.00 a can in Toronto. Fellow T.O. Saabers may want to know that Midtown SAAB on Eglington sells it. As well, AMSOIL engine flush is sold by Royal Auto Parts in East York at $7.00 a can.
I will be ordering some Auto-Rx no doubt about it if I can get this engine running without the noise / CEL / oil pressure light coming on. For sure.
I am taking this on as a challenge.
Am I on the right track?
900s 2.3
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