Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:39:52 +0100 From: "Simon Putz" <simon.putznopsamline.de> Subject: Re: 91; 9000 2.3Turbo ... advice ...
hey, > OK, as a perhaps less frightening story, I've had an auto > 2.3 '94 CSE for the last four years or so. I bought it with 65K > miles, it's now got 141K miles. I've had a head gasket failure 141K on the original auto is very good, you can consider yourself lucky ;) > The Saab dealer thinks the heater matrix has gone, but I > disagree :-) Also an independent dealer says just put some > radiator sealant in if the leak's not too bad and it will > probably not need replacing. i really hope this was not a mistake, alot of sealants screw up cooling systems. i mean how can you expect a little innocent fluid to know where to go ;-). no really, in your heater core the dot-matrix is really tight so the sealant might "seal" the wrong things you dont want to end up replacing your radiator, heater core and water pump, right? bye simon