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Re: Porous Block
Posted by Steve C [Email] (more from Steve C) on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:11:08
In Reply to: Porous Block, DougW, Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:14:32
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Doug,
We have done maybe 4 or 5 at my shop. All have been fine even after 20K-30K miles. The amount of coolant leakage was very small. It does not take much to turn the light on.
The only way we were able to comfirm the issue was to put UV dye in the coolant and send the car out for a couple of weeks. In all cases, the dye showed up in the oil. We removed the cylinder head to confirm no damage to head gasket (Saab's idea not mine) and found everything OK.
One other area of concern is the radiator. If you have an automatic, the trans oil cooler in the radiator can allow coolant into the trans. Usually it will set trans codes then completely fail. Have done about 4 or 5 of these recently. Mostly and 2003 problem but have had one 2004.
Good luck,
Steve C
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