I also wonder if it relates to poor maintenance - Saab General Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
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In other words, how forgiving is the engine to infrequent, or improper oil and filter changes, etc.
Even though the 1999-2002 9-3's could have a sludging problem, I got the tech bulletin fix on my 2000 9-3 (PCV #6) and with regular synthetic oil changes, the engine is still going strong at 219,000 miles and I just had the original manual clutch replaced last fall.
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2000 9-3 5-door (since new)
2008 9-5 2.3T SportCombi (since 2014)
Posts in this Thread:
- German cars 'among worst for engine failures', Steve T, Fri, 28 Feb 2014 04:10:27
- Re: German cars 'among worst for engine failures', Sarunas., Mon, 3 Mar 2014 05:57:21
- Re: German cars 'among worst for engine failures', Erik919kt, Sat, 1 Mar 2014 06:57:45
- Re: German cars 'among worst for engine failures', Craig, Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:32:25
- Re: German cars 'among worst for engine failures', BTG88, Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:53:34
- Re: German cars 'among worst for engine failures', xboostreapx, Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:14:12
- Re: German cars 'among worst for engine failures', JerseySaab , Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:13:54
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