I tend to drive older European cars, mainly E28 and E30 BMW's and have always run either 15w40 Delo 400 or 20w50 Kendall GT-1 dino in them. I'm picking up a 96 SAAB 900s convertible tomorrow, 107xxx miles, 5 speed car. My research would indicate that this engine isn't the sludge-monster that some newer SAABs are, so can I sneak by with 15w40? Just for simplicity sake it would be nice. I tend to do 4k-5k OCI's with WIX filters...
96 SAAB 900s non-turbo
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should be just fine with that set up. Head over to saabcentral.com ask the boys about it there, might yield some good answer.
Should be okay although ocassional (read very rare) episodes of 2.3l non-turbo sludge do occur. I believe, and a current case on saabcentral backs this up, it's something to do with the balance shafts??? Dunno as I've never owned a non-turbo.
You may want to pull the valve cover just once to make sure. It takes about 5-10 minutes and you can reuse the gasket.
You may want to pull the valve cover just once to make sure. It takes about 5-10 minutes and you can reuse the gasket.
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