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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 09:40:22 -0500
From: "bigfoot" <p_thompsonnopsamoot.com>
Subject: Re: Gas mileage drop on 85 900S 16v Turbo


You can get a brake tool for like $15 or so from Swedish AUto Specialties at 503-630-7222 www.sasab.com. It helps bigtime. Brakes are no longer such torture! Jeremy Fennema <fennemanopsam.com> wrote in message news:Q2gO2.314$SS2.22199nopsam14.ispnews.com... > I've recently been experiencing a drop in the gas mileage which I was >getting with my Saab over the last 10K mi or so. It's gone from a peppy >30mi/gal to a not so great 25mi/gal. It has 120K mi on it right now. I'm not >sure if this is something to be expected or if there is something that I can >do to help improve the gas mileage. I just changed the plugs with no distinct >improvement over two tanks of gas. I change the oil regularly and the belts >don't seem to loose or worn and I just replaced the air filter two oil changes >ago (6K mi). Any other ideas on how to improve the gas mileage? Most of the >driving I do is highway and country road driving. > I do have one somewhat weird thing going on with the car. I have an >intermitent rapid clicking noise which comes from a plastic relay or something >mounted on the top of the radiator in the front of the car. It has a set of >wires comming to it from the top and I'm not sure what it is, but it does seem >to be malfunctioning. It is almost directly in-line with the distributor cap, >but towards the front of the car and on top of the radiator (if that helps >anyone nail down what this thing is). If anyone can give me a pointer on >increasing the gas mileage or figuring out what that relay thing is I'd really >appreciate it. > > I have to say that this car is by far the finest automobile I've ever >owned and it's always a dream to work on, except when it comes to the brakes. >If anyone knows where I can get ahold of a brake tool for this car I'd be >eternally grateful and so would my knuckles. > >Cheers, > >Jeremy

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