Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:52:12 +0000 (UTC) From: "David Tong" <gz30nopsamternet.invalid> Subject: Re: Life expectation for Saab 9-5 silencer (muffler)?
Dave, Oops - I'd forgotten it's a 9-5 not a 95. Yes it does do mostly short trips (ten miles or so) and I accept that this will make corrosion worse than otherwise. I'm just trying to get a view on what's a reasonable expectation. Actually the mechanic wouldn't have needed to crawl inside to detect this problem. The metal had got so thin you could flex it with your fingers. And the service schedule does include 'check exhaust system and mountings, integrity and damage'. Meanwhile, apart from having nowhere to park my reading specs, its still a great car (although I liked the 9000 even more). Cheers, David Tong. [Please replace 'invalid' with 'com' to reply] ------------------------------------------------------------------ <davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:ai228r$uqpga$1nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de... > Someone who looks an awful lot like David Tong <gz30nopsamternet.invalid> wrote: > > Does anyone know how long the silencer on a Saab 95 silencer should last? > > The silencer on my Saab 95 is going on 30 years old, and as far as I can > tell, it's original to the car. > > > Mine developed a big hole in its base after only 33,000 miles and the car is > > only three and a quarter years old. Seems the lower surface just rotted > > through from the inside. > > Ah, you mean a 9-5, I bet. If it rotted from the inside, do you make a lot > of short trips perhaps? These will allow the condensation in your exhaust to > settle in the silencer without getting hot enough to evaporate. > > > The car had had a full service only three weeks previously. I was 900 miles > > from home on holiday in France when it happened, I can't help feeling they > > should have noticed it was about to fall apart. > > Didn't you just say it rusted from the inside? How small is your mechanic > that you're expecting him to inspect the inside of your exhaust components? > > > I kept my two previous Saab 9000 for four or five years each and don't > > remember needing a new silencer for either. > > Hard to say. Maybe this is a good opportunity to fit a sports exhaust to the > car? > > Dave Hinz > > > >
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