UPDATE: Unfortunately, this car is still leaking quite a bit and tightening the drain plug did nothing as I suspected lol. I’m off to purchase some due to hopefully better diagnose, but we currently have oil and/or trans fluid coming from both the front and back of the motor, as well as coolant. More content on this car soon…
Lesjofors lowring springs and poly bushings will take care of your handling quality. I took the opportunity to rebuild the steering rack and install poly bushings when I had the engine out. Amazing difference. Make sure the control arm brackets are properly installed lol I still have to remove and re-install mine but it is such a pain with the engine in.
In high school my dad bought a 9-5 which was the car that I learned to drive on. Years later reminiscing on the fun times and speed I had driving that 9-5, I came across your videos and my mind was made up. You inspired me to look into the Saab community and feel confident that I could find the parts needed to be happy purchasing a 9-3. Its great to see there’s people like you and others keeping Saab alive
All in all, $3k ain't bad for a FULL rebuild. And you would probably have to double that if you had a shop do it. Maybe even more. Keep the vids coming. Just a few pesky leaks to go! And like you said, they are bottom area motor leaks so they aren't throwing fluids all over the place.
Keep at it. You have a clean car so it makes it all worth it. Ive spent half of that on sorting leaks on my 900, and that only was doing it on the outside lol(still got 2 or 3 leaks too).
good stuff man keep up the good work. your videos help me so much, just did my control arms, brakes all the way around, resealed everything in my 93, and im about to put in maptunxt coilovers and the do88 kit. your videos are always the first go to. glad to see someone else woorking to keep these cars alive.
Awesome work and content! I have a 93 vert with approx 120k on the clock...so thinking of teams here and there.... following your progress and honestly this is impressive work!
After tuning my 2.0 to stage 4 and putting on my big turbo cartridge I machined to accept a 19T the coolant pipe is leaking 😂 have to change the copper washers but it’s always something with these Saab lol but simple fixes ..don’t loose hope on the 900 you got a really clean example
I understand you live in a hot climate and want to drive the car daily without issue, but I always prefer to delete the AC system entirely and put a pollen filter in. Especially with the Sunroof cars, you'd be fine except for when you get into stop and go traffic in major cities. But I also really hate air conditioning - yeah, if I were doing AC, I'd also want all brand new components so it didn't have any funky old car AC smell.
You need AC here for about 8-9 months of the year so there’s no way I’m deleting that! It would be unbearable 👍🏼😅 I wish it wasn’t so hot but it’s not really much of an option
