Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 10:43:20 +0100 From: Colin Stamp <colinnospamp.plus.com> Subject: Re: soot at exhaust - problem?
On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 23:47:35 GMT, "indecisive" <mistakennospamtity.com.za> wrote: >Thanks for the - disparate - views guys. Don't you just love usenet :o) >The car has been serviced by SAAB >dealer less then 3 weeks ago, when I purchased it. The next service isn't >due for a year so I assumed that they would have checked the tuning at the >service? They won't have. There is no check for mixture in the service schedule. They expect the closed-loop control system to keep it all nicely tweaked-up as you drive. For the system to not work and not be able to tell you that something is wrong, would require a pretty weird fault. The backup is any mandatory emissions tests you might be subject to in your area. Cheers, Colin.