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Bad coolant leads to blown head gasket??
Posted by RobF [Email] (more from RobF) on Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:19:36
In Reply to: Re: Got to be more to the story, Sjer, Sun, 9 Sep 2001 10:19:55
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Sjer-
Thanks for the follow-up.
No there wasn't a coolant leak, I checked often because that was my fist suspicion. Since no coolant leak, I thought the head gasket opinion from the serice department seemed reasonable (I couldn't think of what else it could be?). Also, I had never had a thermostat failure or trouble starting the car.
So tell me about coolant. My past cars have been Japanese and I have never done anything to maintain coolant except top off when necessary (Subaru went 140K w/o any coolant change/flush). Do Saabs really require that much attention on the coolant system? Is silicate/phosphate free coolant typical? This seems to be overpampering the car compared to what I have experienced in the past, but if that's what it takes to keep the head gasket from failing again, guess I'll follow the advice.
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