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But is is good enough for the local clients Posted by TG (more from TG) on Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:11:51

In Reply to: Re: Free is good, but can I do better?, Greg Netzner, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:15:49 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Yes it is. The 5W-30 Semisynth "SAAB" oil has to run out its course in the SAAB warehouses and stockrooms of the dealers before the 0W-XX appears.

Having been to Sweden(and SAAB) MANY MANY times (last visit 02/2002), it's the same product oil in the SAAB 4 litre jug (not Quart).

In Model Year '03 cars, they've gone to 0W-XX oil. "VIKINGMAN" professes it's 0W-40 oil. Steve Goldberger of NINES says no. The sticker under the hood of the NEW '03 9-3 says use Mobil ONE.

Not many oil companies are producing 0W-XX oils yet in the USA. Mobil One and Amsoil are two that I know.

But, again the basic recommendation on the '02 owners manual BEGINS with 5W-30/0W-30/5W-40 oil. In the USA the spec (from the manual) is API SJ / GF-3 and the European ACEA spec is A3-B3.

You put Mobil One 5W-30 in that ride, and unless you drag-race it on the weekends, or live in 110 F Death Valley temps, your SAAB will be just fine. If you do either of those, the opt for the extreme 0W-40 oil Mobil 1 sells.

I live in Michigan, and winter is on the way. I do not race the car, although I'd sometimes like to..... so I'm very content for now to go to Mobil1 5W-30 through the winter. Next spring, or approximately when this car turns over 5,000 miles on the ODO, I'll switch to 0W-40 for the summer heat and traffic snarls of the tourists up here.

I've driven SAAB over 25 years, and on Mobil One oil from the mid -80's (when SAAB did not endorse it )without a single incidence of oil/engine related problems or repairs. Get the idea?

The average Aero owner IMHO cannot outdrive the protection of either Mobil 1 product 5W-30 or 10W-30--formerly the basic recommendation of SAAB.

Let's examine why --ok? Mobil 1 5W-30 flows at what -46 Degrees ????
Do you REALLY think if that temperature came to your house, that you'd be even thinking about driving your SAAB ?? No way !

And Mobil 1 0W-30 flows at -50 degrees ???? Get the idea ?

0W-30 is sometimes hard for me to find, but my local Wal-Mart is starting to carry it.

TG

25 years of driving SAABS
Over a million SAAB miles

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Posts in this Thread:

Would you use a free oil change even if...?, Greg Netzner, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:20:49
- Thanks Guys!, Greg Netzner, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:35:38
- Re: Would you use a free oil change even if...?, Art, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:54:52
- Shortly..., b.flippo, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:46:51
  - How Shortly? n/m, Greg Netzner, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:19:52
    - I expected it by now, but it should be in the coming, b.flippo, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:30:05
- Re: Would you use a free oil change even if...?, TG, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:40:06
  - Re: Free is good, but can I do better?, Greg Netzner, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:15:49
    - But is is good enough for the local clients, TG, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:11:51 <-- Viewing This Message
    - 280,000 miles on Mobil 1., VIKINGMAN, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:30:19
      - ...and that's just on one oil change! :-) n/m, b.flippo, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:39:17
    - The factoryfill is fully-synth 0W-40 on ALL Saabs., VIKINGMAN, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:26:32
      - Re: The factoryfill is fully-synth 0W-40 on ALL Saabs., Shawn, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:33:58
        Not from Sweden.., VIKINGMAN, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:01:19
        Re: Not from Sweden.., Shawn, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:47:08
- I would deffinately..., VIKINGMAN, Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:39:36

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