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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:45:28 GMT
From: "LC" <goalie22nospamail.com>
Subject: Re: Info to keep your turbo running A1?


John, Thank you for the tip on slick 50. I use the fuel system cleaner religiously, and it seems to work wonders on my normally asperated engines. I hate to be assumptious, but I figured if 1 slick 50 product worked, the other should be just as good. Then again, you know what you get for assumptions. I wanted to re-comment about the things you said might be wrong with the vehicle... 1. The squeaking is coming from inside the vehicle, not in the engine compartment, so I'm assuming a superficial nature of the sound. Also.. The clutch pedal travel is normal, and It didn't miss a shift, or pop out of gear, anything out of the ordinary. 2. The squealing of the alternator belt went away after about 5-6 (if that) minutes of driving time 10 minutes total runtime. It wasn't even a loud squeal either.. just a small noise for a second or two, and then nothing.) I tend to get paranoid too damned easily. Especially with used cars. As I said earlier, it's been really wet here, and even my wife's 2003 neon has had its belts squealing a ton, and those are at least somewhat covered. Being a turbo idiot, I'm curious if your crankcase oil is also what lubricates and cools the turbo? If so, I'm definitely switching to a synthetic, or at least a syn/conv. blend. I appreciate your suggestions, and look forward to hearing from you all more in the future. "John B" <rotten_NOSPAM_nospam.org> wrote in message news:slrncubseq.282.rotten_NOSPAM_nospamam.example.com... > On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 03:41:18 GMT, LC <goalie22nospamail.com> wrote: >> squeaky sound of the clutch pedal(Will WD40 clear this up?), and a >> squeaky >> alternator belt(It's been really wet here lately, many areas flooded.. it > > You might want to make sure it's not the crankshaft pulley that's > squeaking. > It's a common failure point on these cars. > > The squeaky clutch could be superficial, or it could be a master cylinder > problem. > >> 1. Will an oil additive such as slick 50 help maintain engine life in a >> C900 Turbo? If not slick 50, any other additives? > > I've never used slick 50 or any other additive, but people say bad things > about > it. I'd steer clear of it. You might want to consider switching to > synthetic > oil though, especially since you have a turbo to cool. > >> 2. If I wish to drain and re-fill the gear lube... where is the drain >> plug, >> and what is recommended to replace it? > > c900 gearboxes stopped having drain plugs at some point, though I'm not > sure > exactly when. I'm sure someone here knows. Regarding gear lube: the > factory > lube is 10w30 engine oil. I would recommend a synthetic MTF to replace it. > I'm > currently running BG SynchroShift, which works well. > >> >> I would appreciate any info you guys might be willing to give a first >> time >> saab owner. > > You might want to get yourself a copy of the Bentley shop manual (search > for it > on Amazon.com). > > > John >

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