Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:20:06 -0000 From: "Mark Sempers" <mark_sempersnopsamorg.com> Subject: Re: Questions for 9000 Aero owners
Samuel Mikkola wrote in message <01be4469$aa229300$b097eac2nopsamelmi>... > >> Be careful about the turbo 9000. They appear to have factory problems >such as >> bad head gaskets (mine blew at 34k), > >Never heard it would go that fast...and in my country there are lot's of >turbo 9000's. Usually somewhere around 300 000 km, if ever ;). A few months >ago a friends dad (who repairs Saab's for a living) fixed it on a turbo >9000 that had run 430 000 km. > >Samuel There was a problem with the head gasket on certain years of 9000 (earlier ones IIRC, but I don't know the years) The gasket was a generic item, and had a cutout that formed a blind passage on certain models, coolant would stagnate in this passage and rot the gasket leading to premature failiure. The later gaskets solve this problem. - Mark.