Saab 900 2.0T, 900 2.3NT, 900 2.5i, 9000, 93 2.0T (not sedan), 93 2.3NT, 93 2.3T Viggen, 95] Warning! Spark plug burn-off is automatically done with a showe…
Saab 900 2.0T, 900 2.3NT, 900 2.5i, 9000, 93 2.0T (not sedan), 93 2.3NT, 93 2.3T Viggen, 95] Warning! Spark plug burn-off is automatically done with a showe…
You must be logged in to post a comment.
){kind=link}
No problems except for replacing the ISM, Ignition switch module, the thing you stick the key into. Came up with the steering wheel lock error message. About a 2 hour replacement time for do it yourself when you take your time and the part cost $125. Oh, yeah had to replace the windshield washer pump. I think for a car it’s very reliable. It drives nice and gets respectable gas MPG’s with the 2.0 T. 34 MPG on the highway easily. About 22-24 MPG in the city.
Have you had any problems with your saab? just curious. Looking to buy a 08 saab 9-5. drove it and loved it. But don’t know to much about them.
GM really hurt Saab. I recently read Saab will make the 9-3 again, but as an all electric car.
btw, trivia, I think SAAB was one of the very first cars to have front wheel drive with transaxle and CV joints.
Saab cabrio niiiice, never owned a SAAB or Volva. I suspect that the engineering is similar, kinda like VW and Audi. I almost bought a coplf of SAABS long ago, regret not doing so, real good prices – one needed CV joints, the other exhaust system. When I discovered how pricey parts and service are – like Mercedes Benz, I chickened out. I wonder if they like Chevy’s in Sweden? Even VW has nice design and engineering for a cheapie car. We like our 01 VW cabrio.
Hey Tom, Well it took the NGK site to straighten me out. Seems the blogs were pretty controversial about the use of anti -seize and it’s one of those debates that takes a life of it’s own. I have to admit I was very confused about it. I think there are uses of anti-seize like for the plain un-plated black plugs that rust in the cylinder threads!!
73,
John
Oh,,,, Yeah!!! LOL
I think the black Autolite plugs could use the anti-seize though.
Well thanks for straightening that one out for me John! If I ever get specially plated plugs, like those platinum ones, I’ll avoid the anti-seize compound like a plague!
BTW: Is the car still running great? I bet it is.
Take care,
Tom
For spark plugs with special metal plating simply do not use anti-seize on initial Installation;
All NGK Spark Plugs are manufactured with a special trivalent Zinc
-chromate shell plating that is designed to prevent both corrosion and seizure to the cylinder head; Thus eliminating the need for any thread compounds or lubricants
Thanks Tom.
I did some research and found this on the NGK web site.
Applying anti-seize to the threads of spark plugs that have a metal plating allows the installer to mistakenly overtighten the spark plug in the cylinder head; This stretches and fatigues the threads of
the spark plugs, causing a much higher proba
bility that the plug will break during installation or in some
cases upon removal.
Nice professional job replacing those spark plugs. The only thing that I would do different is to add some anti-seize compound on the threads. It has powdered aluminum in the material so I don’t think it would affect conductivity.
I was looking at the same car as your wife’s for myself, but it was a hard top model. We went for a Rav4 instead so that I could haul more. I like that Saab though. I hope I didn’t make a mistake.
Nice hearing from you John!
Take care and thanks for sharing,
73’s
Tom