I'm sometimes so used to working on my car that has no spark plug wires, that when my mom suggested her 2004 Ford Taurus, with a hearty V6, might not be running smooth because of the spark plug wires, I told her she could be right, but I'd assume that she had a couple bad spark plug's first since they're so much cheaper. Besides, I told her, I can just hook up my ohm's resistance gauge and see if the wires are bad to avoid unnecessarily replacing them anyway. Her mileage had been steadily going down, but while these bad spark plug's may be the root cause, I explained that her transmission didn't smell fresh. Transmissions can waist a lot of energy if they aren't running right or have had their fluids flushed for basic maintenance.
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by AutoBravado
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Saab 900 SE, V6 Turbo, or so I'm told
You ever talk to an "expert" instead of someone being the real deal? I highy suspect my fine automobile doesn't have the Turbo that it was purported to have when I first got it. According to the vin number, this vehicle doesn't have it, but that year the 4 cylinder had it.
The problem I have with that is the fact that this Saab 900 SE, kicks in lots of extra power at 4000 RPM's and I have a hard time believing that this isn't the result of a Turbo. Yes, it for sure gets a boost of power, and I'm told another higher burst of power isn't possible except at speeds unsafe off of a race track.
The problem is, the resource that says it doesn't have Turbo, was a man who knows nothing about Saab's, and especially not my 900 SE model. I know because I asked him. His only comment was based on his auto store computer, which I've proven wrong on some occasions when I was an "expert" on the question at hand!
Ah, I know I purport myself to be an expert at times, when I'm merely confident despite imperfect proof to support me, but I long ago learned that if you don't act on the best of the information that you have, then you'll be worse than not acting at all.
Apr 2014 note: known this for a long time but I hadn't been back. No Turbo, obvious when you look at the model trim on a 900 SE. (Plus, I would have found it on the exhaust with all the work I've been doing.)
by AutoBravado
The problem I have with that is the fact that this Saab 900 SE, kicks in lots of extra power at 4000 RPM's and I have a hard time believing that this isn't the result of a Turbo. Yes, it for sure gets a boost of power, and I'm told another higher burst of power isn't possible except at speeds unsafe off of a race track.
The problem is, the resource that says it doesn't have Turbo, was a man who knows nothing about Saab's, and especially not my 900 SE model. I know because I asked him. His only comment was based on his auto store computer, which I've proven wrong on some occasions when I was an "expert" on the question at hand!
Ah, I know I purport myself to be an expert at times, when I'm merely confident despite imperfect proof to support me, but I long ago learned that if you don't act on the best of the information that you have, then you'll be worse than not acting at all.
Apr 2014 note: known this for a long time but I hadn't been back. No Turbo, obvious when you look at the model trim on a 900 SE. (Plus, I would have found it on the exhaust with all the work I've been doing.)
by AutoBravado
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