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Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:06:28 +0100
From: "redwood" <helpnospams.com>
Subject: 9-5 loads of smoke on startup?


Posting on behalf of a friend who has just acquired a 1999 Saab 9-5 2.3t SE with 135,000 miles. The car drives well but when first start up there is plumes of bluish/grey smoke out the exhaust. The car has a full service history and receipts show that in November 2005 the valve stem oil seals were replaced. Last month work was carried out to check for an oil leak which was located to the cylinder head gasket. The receipts show the head was removed and sent for skimming, a new head set, filter, oil, and antifreeze. The car drives very well but for the smoke on first start up. According to the seller, the garage who did the head work said the smoke is due to the recent work and it will eventually clear its way through the system? I'm having doubts about this as the car has done a couple of thousand miles since the work and is still belching out smoke on start-up! I've done a quick search and found that smoke on first start up is a common problem with these engines. As its had new valve stem seals and a head set could it be the turbo seals? or the crankcase ventilation problems that I 've read about, but did that just affect the American market or also the UK?

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