Category: Saab Motoren Forum

Yesterday it was noon, we picked up our “new” 9-3 Aero Cabrio 05/2001 at Hirsch in St.Gallen.http://homepage.hispeed.ch/swanage/ –> new convertible … The car has 36’500 km, is from May 2001 and provides 230 hp (Hirsch Step 1). The service was all carried out at Hirsch: 30.05.01 11 km Delivery 25.01.02 9308 km incl. oil change 13.02.03 20’628 incl. oil change 07.06.05 28’959 incl. oil change 21.07.05 33’730 incl. oil change The long time span is remarkable here between 13.02.03 and 07.06.05 ! Sensitized by the many reports in this forum, probably every Saab driver asks himself whether the oil sludge problem could also affect his own car. Therefore my question: what is decisive for the change interval: the 10,000 km or the time (e.g. 1 x yearly) ? 15 years ago I was told that a change per year was mandatory because the oil water can “take up”. Is this true or with today’s fully synthetic oil not acceptable ? What is your experience ? Should I take oil pan / oil sieve at the next service and have it checked ? The competent salesman at Hirsch was of the opinion that this was not necessary. Thanks for all opinion !! Andreas

A happy new one. This is a question to the, screwdrivers among you or to those who know each other. I noticed in connection with the new Saab V6 Turbo in some threads that the tuning of the engine should not have been very successful (I still find it successful even if the turbotypical boom is missing a little bit), and that with Hirsch-Tuning everything should then be completely different, also the consumption should improve – was to be heard with some. But now to my r Question: Why doesn’t Saab just do this vote himself. I mean, they developed the engine and should know how to tick. Besides, they also have more resouces for R&D than deer – and don’t get it as well as the Swiss? Something’s not right – are the Swedes now so bad or the Swiss so good? So why is the basic setting in the new 9-3 Aero kept your view so “brav”? I’m already very excited about your Answers. Greetings Somic

Who can tell me the temperature range that the cooling water reaches in the 2.2 TiD ? I mean the normal range / the normal temperature when the engine has run well warm. Is there a way to measure the value or to read the measured value from the engine control unit ? The display in the dashboard has no scale and is therefore somewhat inaccurate; a value +-3 degrees on a digital scale would interest me. ar realize an indicator in the SID ? Besides, I want to measure the temperature of the cylinder head . The easiest would probably be the installation of a sensor for a digital termometer . But where ? Just stick somewhere will certainly not bring a permanently reliable result . I would even go so far as to have a small bore applied and paste the probe there . But now it is quite unhealthy to drill any hole in the cylinder head without plan . Does anyone propose this Is it good?