Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 23:27:38 GMT From: "Dexter J" <lamealameadingdongnospamlamelame.org> Subject: Re: Replaced turbo on 9-5 - still smokes
Salutations: On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:42:52 -0500, KP <perlovnospaml.com> wrote: > > Anyone replaced turbo charger on '01 9-5 SE? For how long have you had > smoke > on startups after that? I put ~300 miles and it still gives a cloud of > smoke > when I start. > > My dealer told me that after turbo replacement I'll see some smoke cause > there is oil trapped in the intercooler. They told me that it might take > for > up to 4000 miles to get all that oil out. Sounds not very realistic to > me. > Any experience with that? You know, if you ask me, the dealer chain has done more harm to the SAAB brand than anything the board room jockey's at GM Corp. ever could. I luv my local sales guy and parts counter staff - but the service manager(s) seem to be from another planet and all seem to come up with the same sort of nonsense when I still took my car there for work. No - your car should not be smoking at start up unless they didn't clean out the inter cooler and throttle body and it probably isn't that anyway - bet you have a lot of oil in the exhaust system if it really let go. They needed to open the exhaust behind the Cat, remove some hangers and let it gravity drain while they waited for parts. If it is in the inter cooler - you need to get the system apart and clean it out before that much oil starts to varnish up in the system - lots of stuff in there doesn't like oil coating to any depth. -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Bill Monroe - Blue Moon of Kentucky http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/009.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time
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