9 SAAB 9000 Turbo removal

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Charles - 14 Oct 2007 04:27 GMT

My turbo leaks oil when cold and the engine smokes out the tailpipe.
Fine when hot. I have a replacement I bought from a college kid in New
England.

It looks as if some of the bolts may be a bit difficult to get to. I do
have the manual (CD-ROM) and I will look at it before I tackle this job.

However, if any of you has done a similar replacement job, your advice
will be appreciated. There may be things to watch out for that the
manual may not mention.

Thanks,

Charles

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Frank Vuotto - 14 Oct 2007 17:43 GMT

Take the fan out and things will be more accessible.

Here's a link:

http://www.saab9000.com/procedures/exhaust/turbo.php

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>My turbo leaks oil when cold and the engine smokes out the tailpipe.
>Fine when hot. I have a replacement I bought from a college kid in New
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>Charles

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Charles - 15 Oct 2007 02:58 GMT

Thanks,

I have printed out the turbo R&R page and the adjusting page and will
follow them, along with the manual.

Charles

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yaofeng - 21 Oct 2007 16:36 GMT

> My turbo leaks oil when cold and the engine smokes out the tailpipe.
> Fine when hot. I have a replacement I bought from a college kid in New
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> Charles

You need the following tools:

23 mm (or was it 22 mm?) open wrench to loosen the O2 sensor,
13 mm short open wrench to remove the exhaust connection and the TC
from the exhaust header. I found 1/2" open wrench works better.
12 mm to 19 mm socket to remove the banjo bolts on three hard lines on
the TC.

There is nothing to it, just time consuming. You don't need to remove
the AC compressor or the fan. Budget 4 hours.

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