Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:12:24 -0000 From: MeatballTurbo <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> Subject: Re: Little bit confused.
In article <b2rima$1fckn5$2nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de>, davehinznopsamcop.net spouted forth into alt.autos.saab... > Someone who looks an awful lot like MeatballTurbo <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> wrote: > >> > > Got the water hoses correctly plumbed, but the dump valve line is capped > > off. Guess that must mean the dump valve shafted. > > Probably. No reason to cap it off otherwise, but it'd be worth the > hose to just hook it back up & try it. Is there any chance the > person you bought it from would have done that to try to enhance > performance? (stranger things have been done). Done think so. It's last owner had it for 14 years. It was bought as used from a Saab dealer and service by them until they closed. The last service was done 10k miles ago, by an "Independant specialist". They did all his repairs too. I wonder if he complained about loss of power, or a strange owl type noise, and the cheap fix they offered was to remove the faulty valve from the equation. Guess it's time not to use them except for parts. > > Guess now might be a good time to find a decent piston recirc or hybrid > > dump valve. And to drive carefully till it is sorted. > > Well... worst case, you'll hit the overboost protection (and you WILL > know it when you do), which isn't the worst thing in the world. > I don't think there's a danger of making anything go boom, except maybe > your nose against the windshield if you're not belted in properly. > > But yeah, if it is bad, no time like the present to upgrade. If you're > gonna replace a part, it's always worth looking into a performance > replacement. I'm wondering if the the vacuum connection the the DV is what is leaking as well, if that has been removed and hasn't been capped properly. -- Carl Robson (The poster formerly known as Skodapilot) http://www.bouncing-czechs.com
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