Jumping in here... - Saab NG900 & OG9-3 Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News - 4/9 Saab Owners' Convention Day Pass Raffle | 3/26 M Car Covers (by State of Nine)
[General | Members | C900 | 9000 | NG900 & OG93 | 93 | 95 | NG95 | 99 | Sonett | Vintage Models | Clubs | Other Cars | FAQs | Gifts | Member Photo Galleries | Member Directory | Classifieds | Manuals | *Buddy Registry | *Mileage Registry | Polls | What's New | Raffle | Photo of the Month | Sponsors]

NG900 & OG93 Bulletin Board
1994-2002 [Subscribe to Daily Digest]
(Search Author's Posts: e.g. Keyword:username)*Members Only

[Main NG900 & OG93 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
Jumping in here...
Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board
Posted by Noel (more from Noel) on Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:05:33 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Re: Oil light and red exclamation beep at low rpms :(, Nicholas93, Tue, 13 Jan 2015 08:11:31
Alert me when someone posts in this thread:
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

We've have a '99 9-3 SE with 172K on it that has been sitting for much of the past year while daughter who owns it was away. Getting it going again last month I had some odd issues with lights flashing.

When we started it before Christmas it had plenty of oil (I checked) and started fine. When warmed up it ran ok, but when coming to a stop the idle would drop to ~300 rpm or stall, the oil light and exclamation light would flash. (This was on way to the gym in the dark.) Then it was OK on the way home, but wouldn't idle right--low or fluctuating. No oil or exclamation lights.

In daylight, I warmed it up and traced the idle problem to some bad vacuum hoses, including the long one from the hooter valve. All is normal once replaced. Car then went 100 miles to Vermont, spent a week there, ran fine over and back, although it does need a t-stat.

SO...
a bad vac hose can affect idle and pull it low enough to turn on the oil and other lights. If you have idle issues you might want to check your hoses and replace as necessary. For oil, I suggest Mobil 1 10-40 High Mileage. This is the higher spec stuff (ACEA A3/B3) and available in 5 gallon jugs for about $26 at Wally World. I run this in all 4 of our Saabs (two 9-3 SEs, a 9K and a 9-5) and they have minimal leaks. Two of them use some oil, but have for years. The newest of these cars is a '03 9-5 with 137K.

Posts in this Thread:
Alert me when someone posts in this thread:
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
Post a Followup

No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.

Name: Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
E-Mail: (Optional)
Re-Enter E-Mail: (Confidential & Secure - Not revealed to other users!)
Note: Please check your spam folder for BB responses.

Subject:

Posting rules are simple - No for sale/wanted ads may be posted here - use the site classifieds.
You may not cross-post your message to multiple BBs.
Not permitted: political/religious topics and being disrespectful (personal attacks, insults, etc...).
 Site Members do not see any red text, inline ad links, bottom of page anchor ads, box ads, or anti-spam check.

Message: (please no for sale/wanted classifieds - post those in the Saabnet.com Classifieds)
Links are now automatically made active, no need for any special code (or use the Option Link field below) - don't put links in () or end with a '.'
To add inline images to your post, use [img]http://www.domain.com/img.jpg[endimg] (or use the Optional Image Link field below).

Links are now automatically made active, no need for any special code (or use the Option Link field below) - don't put links in () or end with a '.'
To add inline images to your post above, use [img]http://www.domain.com/img.jpg[endimg] (or use the Optional Image Link field below).
Optional Link: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/)
Link Title: (Optional)
Optional Photo/Image Link: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/img.jpg)
Photo/Image to Upload: (Please be patient while file uploads)



StateOfNine.com
SaabClub.com
Jak Stoll Performance
M Car Covers
Ad Available

The content on this site may not be republished without permission. Copyright © 1988-2024 - The Saab Network - saabnet.com.
For usage guidelines, see the Mission & Privacy Notice.
[Contact | Site Map | Saabnet.com on Facebook | Saabnet.com on Twitter | Shop Amazon via TSN | Site Donations]

Random Saabnet.com Member Gallery Photos (Click Image)
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right. Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY. Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages. This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are not anonymous. Site Contact | Site Donations | Other Sites by SP - Poverty2Prosperity.org | Run Club Menlo Park | ScreenBot


Site Members do not see red text instructions, bottom of the page anchor ads, or box ads.
Click here to see all the Site Membership Benefits!