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I'm looking at buying a low mileage Viggen and driving it across the country back home. After talking with the owner about the service records, it looks like it has had oil changes every 5K with full synthetic but never got the PCV upgrade. I'm rather handy (this will be my 4th Saab) but with all the horror stories about sludge, my worst fear is that the sludge effect will take out the engine 500mi away from home, and i'll be left with a several thousand dollar paperweight.
So, knowing its service history...would you:
a.) have a local shop pull the valve cover and look for sludge ($250ish)
b.) have a local shop install the PCV #6 upgrade? ($350ish)
c.) take the risk that you can put another 1500mi on it, and do both of those in your own garage and save $400?
Posts in this Thread:
- Risk of Sludge on Low Mileage Viggen, Tulsaab , Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:25:59 <-- Viewing This Message
- Might not be a good time of year for this drive, MI-Roger , Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:30:07
- I agree....go get it, tarheel, Mon, 26 Jan 2015 06:18:05
- Re: Risk of Sludge on Low Mileage Viggen, 93viggen, Sat, 24 Jan 2015 08:24:16
- Re: Risk of Sludge on Low Mileage Viggen, Paul W., Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:02:16
- Good advice - thanks for the feedback!, Tulsaab , Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:15:30
- Re: Risk of Sludge on Low Mileage Viggen, BillU, Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:17:41
- 1500 miles is NOTHING..., ryan , Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:02:04
- Re: Risk of Sludge on Low Mileage Viggen, MontereyAero , Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:23:17
- Re: Risk of Sludge on Low Mileage Viggen, MI-Roger , Tue, 20 Jan 2015 16:32:49
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