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question about oil change - 3/6/2008 6:22:42 PM    hawaiisaab93   Posts: 208 Joined: 9/27/2007 Status: offline ok its 1000 miles until I get my next oil change..and I havnt gone to the SAAB Dealer ive been takin it to a lil oil shop..(owned the car for about year and a half) my next mile mark is at 77,000 (high mileage car seen alot of Highway) ive been hearing about that oil build up thing that can happen so im thinking about takin it to the SAAB dealer for this one and goin to tell them to change the oil and remove the oil build up...or w/e it is...what EXACTLY SHOULD I TELL THEM at the dealer to fix and how should I word it so they know what im talkin about?I know they will probably say its not needed but I want to tell them EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO HAVE DONE AT 80K MILES Post #: 1

RE: question about oil change - 3/7/2008 6:09:12 AM    Roto Posts: 1175 Joined: 12/18/2006 Status: offline You are insanely rich if you plan on doing this at the dealer...  You need to pull the oil pan an have the pan clened and the oil pickup screen cleaned.  The dealer will charge for this as for a 5 hour job (I think) _____________________________ 1999 Saab 9-3 5-door. She's back and better than ever Philly Region Autocross (in reply to hawaiisaab93) Post #: 2

RE: question about oil change - 3/7/2008 7:18:20 AM    hawaiisaab93   Posts: 208 Joined: 9/27/2007 Status: offline hmm well dont I have to remove something like a bumper or engine bay whatnot to remove the oil pan? im very bad with cars and workin on them... (in reply to Roto) Post #: 3

RE: question about oil change - 3/7/2008 8:26:27 AM    Roto Posts: 1175 Joined: 12/18/2006 Status: offline Well if your car is anything like my car than the subframe needs  to be lowered.  It's just going to be very expensive that's all... _____________________________ 1999 Saab 9-3 5-door. She's back and better than ever Philly Region Autocross (in reply to hawaiisaab93) Post #: 4

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