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Re: synthetic oil - recommend for a 1999 9-5?
Posted by ed3saab (more from ed3saab) on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:22:12
In Reply to: Re: synthetic oil - recommend for a 1999 9-5?, rico567, Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:39:05
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Did the extended oil change schedule cause the Saab "sludge" problem or was it a design flaw such as PCV. I have read on this board that some have experienced sludge, even though they maintained a consistent oil change schedule every 3-5 thousand miles using synthetic oil. Why does Saab recomend oil change frequency that are much longer than 5K, except for severe operations such as taxi cabs, police vehicles, those in extremely cold weather. If GM Saab are wlling to a provide 100,000K warranty with extended o, does it imply that for some of us extended oil changes are acceptable, as well as less expensive and can save the environment. I have no conflict of interest and no bias, just looking for evidence that
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