Hello all - I'm a BMW guy, but my girlfriend has a 2001 9-5 SE V6 that's starting to act up. On startup, the exhaust puts out a puff a blue smoke, it idles rough, and the other day when I warmed her car up for her in the morning she came out to find the engine had stalled.
The car has 110,000 miles on the clock. The previous owner had all work including oil changes done at all proper intervals with the dealer, and semi-synth 5W-40 was used. This was until he sold it to my gf's father at 60,000 miles. Her father then ran dino in it until now, most likely 5W-40.
I've done some searching on the forum the past few days and found out a few things. With the V6 the problem sounds like the turbo seals are starting to leak. My questions for you are:
- Any ideas if this car is covered under Saab's 8 year repair clause for these engines?
- It sounds like this car has the Garret 17 turbocharger. What would the best course of action be to rectify this - new turbo, have a shop rebuild it, or get a rebuild kit myself? On the last part, how hard would it be to rebuild the turbo?
- From what I garnered, the V6 doesn't have the sludging issues the I4 has, but would dropping the sump be a good idea especially since dino was run since 60k including cold-weather and short trip/start and stop environments?
- Where can I find PCV hoses for this car? I've looked on the sites I've found here on the forum (partsforsaabs, genuinesaab, eEuroparts) but I can only seem to find kits for the 4 cylinder cars. Any help on the specific parts for the PCV system would be amazing.
I'm planning on changing the fuel and air filters, spark plugs, and testing the fuel pump as well. Any other ideas in addition are most appreciated.
Thanks for all of your help!
The car has 110,000 miles on the clock. The previous owner had all work including oil changes done at all proper intervals with the dealer, and semi-synth 5W-40 was used. This was until he sold it to my gf's father at 60,000 miles. Her father then ran dino in it until now, most likely 5W-40.
I've done some searching on the forum the past few days and found out a few things. With the V6 the problem sounds like the turbo seals are starting to leak. My questions for you are:
- Any ideas if this car is covered under Saab's 8 year repair clause for these engines?
- It sounds like this car has the Garret 17 turbocharger. What would the best course of action be to rectify this - new turbo, have a shop rebuild it, or get a rebuild kit myself? On the last part, how hard would it be to rebuild the turbo?
- From what I garnered, the V6 doesn't have the sludging issues the I4 has, but would dropping the sump be a good idea especially since dino was run since 60k including cold-weather and short trip/start and stop environments?
- Where can I find PCV hoses for this car? I've looked on the sites I've found here on the forum (partsforsaabs, genuinesaab, eEuroparts) but I can only seem to find kits for the 4 cylinder cars. Any help on the specific parts for the PCV system would be amazing.
I'm planning on changing the fuel and air filters, spark plugs, and testing the fuel pump as well. Any other ideas in addition are most appreciated.
Thanks for all of your help!
