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2026. 8. 30. 작업

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I had a Dame Edna with this engine, picked it up for buttons and put about 40,000 on it and it only needed a tyre, an idler pulley, an ABS ring and a coolant return pipe. Absolutely fantastic cars - great power, good economy and I could do everything myself on the drive. Will always have a soft spot for them. Already had the uprated swirl flap bar too. Enjoy!

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Lovely to hear everyone's stories about their Saabs. I've not had the chance to properly drive mine aside from the drive home due to waiting on the timing belt kit. I have a fear that the next turn of the key could be its last, but the want to drive it is strong.The new intake manifold arrived in the post.This is the gasket that I'm certain has failed on the current one, which is throwing up oil on top of the intake. To remove this is almost the same labour as removing the intake, so I may as well replace the entire thing.The quality is 'okay'. The gasket that's currently installed has me a little concerned with its inconsistent gap, so I may re-tighten the bolts to ensure no leaks are present.A Febi Bilstein manifold is £400. This unbranded one cost a grand total of £58 (with an eBay coupon, down from £70). It's cheap and cheerful, and if it gets the job done then that's all that matters. If it lasts me a couple of years I'd be happy; it is a budget build after all, so let's see what this will be like.I sat down to read the 'service history' of the car. That term is a bit of a stretch, given this is the last documented service...You read that right, its last documented service was at 50,340 miles in 2014. The car is now at 168,000 in 2026. It only has three service stamps, 2014 being the last. Now either the car was self-serviced and not documented - which could well be a possibility - or it's not been serviced since and the oil now shares more of a resemblance to bovril. Because of this I'm going to look into doing an oil flush, rather than a simple service. I could also drop the sump to take a look and properly clean it, but given that the engine sounds as sweet as a nut and did 57.7mpg without me trying on its first drive within a year of sitting on the driveway, I would probably get away with a simple service. I'll mull it over, but I don't think an oil flush is a bad idea.As a side note, I love that it came with this in the back of the passenger seat pocket.