[ Prev by Date ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Turbos and oil Posted by The Saab Network (more from The Saab Network) on Thu, 20 Oct 1988 12:00:00 >Well, you probably do not want to work on SAAB's yourself, unless you really>enjoy that type of thing. I've changed the oil on my SAAB a couple of times,>and this seemingly easy task is not so easy (fuel filter is almost >impossible to get to). Also, realize that if you buy a turbo, the oil>must be changed about twice as often as a normally aspirated car. Thus,>if you put on around 1.5K miles a month, you will be taking your SAAB to>the shop, roughly, once every other month.I don't buy this oil change interval recommendation. 3000 miles ismore than adequate for a turbocharger. It is much more important to1) follow the recommendations for warm up and cool down; and2) use a suitable quality oil (I have used castrol 10w30 in thepast, but when my turbo returns to action I'll be using valvoline15w40 turbo V.)Working on saabs is tricky; I've spent a lot of time repairing saabsand find that there is a very large bag of tricks that you have toknow if you want things to go easily. I plan to do a series of postingsto the list on this subject; my first note on clutch hydraulics went outlast night ...richard w-- 518-387-6346, GE R&D, K1-5C39, Niskayuna, New York weltyno39sdcx6spamx782ge-crd.ARPA uunet!steinmetz!welty``The fun never sets on the British Empire'' Posts in this Thread:
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