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15 February 2015 #1
M Guy Ross Saab Fan
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Oil collecting in spark plug wells.
While changing spark plugs, I find oil pooling in the wells. The oil is clean, but obviously used. The tips of the spark plugs does not evidence oil collecting or burning on the tips. There is no obvious evidence of any other oil leaking or spills in the engine compartment.
Any thoughts
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15 February 2015 #2Oh! I Get It Now
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- 01 95 Aero and Wagon, 09 93 Combi and an 08 95 Combi
Your valve cover is not tight or the gasket is shot. My guess is that it is only in need of tightening.
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15 February 2015 #3Saab Enthusiast
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- 9000CSE, 9-3 Aero Convertible, 9-5 HOT Aero
New valve cover gasket will sort it, it tends to get hard and brittle over time thus the oil leaks.
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15 February 2015 #4
M Guy Ross Saab Fan
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Do you have a link to the procedure to tighten or replace valve cover gasket for v6?
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16 February 2015 #5Oh! I Get It Now
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Just tighten them uniformly, not super tight in a circle pattern. Use some petroleum jelly to keep the gasket in the grooves when you go to mount the cover.
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16 February 2015 #6Saab Enthusiast
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- 2007 Saab 95 2.3T Sedan
11ft/lbs is what I had my torque set to when I did this and that worked well.
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16 February 2015 #7
M Guy Ross Saab Fan
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Was that on a V6? Where did you get that setting?
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16 February 2015 #8Saab Enthusiast
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- 2007 Saab 95 2.3T Sedan
Mine is the 4cyl 2.3, and I got the procedure from the shop manual I bought. Should be the same for the v6 though, valve covers are not meant to be overly tight, nice even pressure is what you want.
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16 February 2015 #9Saab Nut
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- 2009 9-3 2.0T SC Aero XWD\eLSD. eSID2
A WIS quote, pertaining to valve cover, 9-5 V6, MY03: "Tightening torque: 8 Nm (6 lbf ft)". No tightening sequence, like applies for the cylinder head.
Originally Posted by Mguyross
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17 February 2015 #10
M Guy Ross Saab Fan
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Thank you for the specificity. Any schematic, picture, description or pdf you could possibly provide of the valve cover or it's location (in regard to the spark plugs) would be greatly appreciated. This is my first foray into this generation of engine. The previous engines I worked on had their valve covers made out of stamped steel or cast alloy and on top of the engine.
Thanks
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