Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 09:54:42 +0100 From: J <Juliannopsamdog.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: 9-5 2.3 LPT blue smoke
In article <9ne8oq$p2m$1nopsam8.svr.pol.co.uk>, Genevieve Brench <Gennopsamch.fsnet.co.uk> writes >turbo ..under warranty .unfortunatly see a lot requiring this work.can >normally see on start up and under harder acceleration >J <Juliannopsamdog.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >news:F9BHDDAevRm7EwXOnopsamdog.demon.co.uk... >> I remember seeing a few posts concerning blue smoke from 9-5s when >> starting. Well mine is doing it now... Only 32k miles so still under >> warranty. >> >> Any ideas on the probable cause? >> >> Thankfully I still have a 900 classic <g> >> -- >> Julian > > Thanks to all who have replied, so far 100 per cent in favour of a failed turbo. I dropped in to my local dealer and they reckon turbo but they want to see it start from cold, seems they could not detect any smoke while it was warmed up. I will be leaving it they overnight... So, should I expect the replacement turbo to fail after another 30k miles or is some kind modification made to cure this problem? -- Julian