Congratulations, you have an amazing memory! It seemed easy to strip it down, but I got lost on the rebuild, so I’ll have to watch your video over and over, when I tackle my 9-3. Thanks for a great video!
Watching you fix your ride FixYourRide13 has been a pleasure...especially out in the condo parking lot or driveway like most of us! I loved driving my '07 2.0T Sedan and even better after installing fresh suspension, brakes, coil packs and ECU (Florida heat cooked the last two components). My 17 year old 4-cyl still throws my head back when I stomp in the boost and makes all other cars tiny in the mirror. Great video and I like how (as with me) how surprised you are to find yet another bolt and of course, a different size. Peace and Love, Brother
Thank you for this video, the only video i've seen that goes through the rebuild. I shall be looking to change the PCV on my Saab quite soon this is a great reference. Cheers mate
Thx a lot for recording and sharing that video.Very useful. I added the revision of that valve to the TO-DO list for the current service and my mechanic asked for sharing some hints where to find it :)
You gave me the idea to test the PCV by removing just the throttle body and blowing into it with a piece of vacuum hose. Mine was stuck open! I sprayed carburetor cleaner down inside it a number of times as well as compressed air. I was able to clean it and get it to seal. I had a nice tapered hose end that provided a good seal on the end of the PCV. It was closed when I blew on it and I could suck air though it. It seemed to work perfectly. We'll see how long it holds up.... Thanks!.
Thanks for this. I will be replacing my PCV Valve as I have an oil leak from the vacuum pump/Pas pump side and also at the back of the valve cover. It's not excessive but I do need to top it up with oil more regularly than I should be.
I have changed all the related gaskets for the valve cover, Pas pump and vacuum pump and it's still leaking. The oil then makes its way onto the exhaust and causes smoke, but only when I push the engine hard or after a motorway drive when sat at a set of traffic lights, but not when just driving normally around town for example. Smoke billowing out from under the bonnet is not a good look 😣
Never thought it could be caused by too much pressure inside the engine caused by a faulty PCV meaning oil is being forced out wherever it can find a way out until the other week when it was suggested to me by a fellow saab owner on facebook. Fingers crossed my smoke problem stops once I replace the valve.
If it’s not your Turbo Charger, I suppose the engine is operating at a top high pressure caused by Blow By gases. Could be a faulty or cracked Piston Ring or Piston itself maybe. Even if compression test is ok, it maybe that the piston may be cracked from below?
I fitted an oil catch can, Left the valve in situ. Idle is better, Oil remains clear, for longer, Pistons are cleaner, Octane rating of fuel igniting is not lowered by oxygenless crankcase gases.