I'm sorry Andy. At least its not an oil leak. My parts should be coming in sometime soon.

 

i'll give you $50 for the car??

 

No.

 

Damn, Andy..... that really sucks man. Hopefully it's just the waterpump and nothing else.

 

Trade you a Viggen?

Definetly sounds like waterpump tho

 

Trade you a Viggen?

You really want to get rid of that thing, how about your old 9000 & some female services

 

Yay. Water pumps are 140 from Eeuro.


Water pump gaskets are 4 bucks.

Crossing fingers.

Will know more tonight.

 

Yay. Water pumps are 140 from Eeuro.

Water pump gaskets are 4 bucks.

Crossing fingers.

Will know more tonight.

That's alright, I just ordered 900 dollars worth of stuff 5 minutes ago for my memere's 9-5 (her turbo shit the bed)..... eEuro makes some dough off of us. :lol: I have spent easily 7k with them.

 

If it's on that side of the car, it's more than likely related to the water pump.

How many miles? I re-did the water pump and o-rings @ 90K on my 9-3.

Even though $140 for a water pump sucks, that's cheaper than a lot of cars water pumps.

 

I know how you feel.

One thing after another!

 

i got mine from here. fitted and works perfectly.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Saab-9-3-SE-9-5...item120307728690&_trkparms=72:570|39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

you can find them cheaper though.

 

i had the same problem recently.. actually still a little bit of one (nothing on ground just that slight smell and buildup on one of the lines) Check the lower radiator hose that connection gets funky and the water pump. hope it is just the gasket though man...

 

Like I said before Andy, I've never seen a properly installed (or any) water pump gasket failure. It could be an O-ring going to the pump, or a pinhole leak in a hose, or like others have said, the pump itself.

All in all it will be between $10-150 to fix. Not terrible.

 

Mine leaked in that same general area as well. The o-rings were almost completely gone and the pump itself was starting to drip a bit as well. No biggie.

I've yet to do that hose from the pump>rad on mine and its just starting to seep a bit I should have been smart and done it the same time as the water pump :-?

 

Sorry to hear that.

 

I'm about ready to kick this car off a cliff.

Damn car.

A quote worthy of placement in someone's signature line. I was feeling the same way when both of mine broke down at exactly the same time. Damned Saabs!

 

You will notice how I said "kick", as it can not be trused to get off said cliff under it's own power.

 

Well, of the .75 square inches I can actually SEE of the GD water pump, all looks fine.

There is coolant all over the lines to the oil filter, so I assume the leak is coming from above that, seeing as how it's the forward most area I can see coolant.

Jesus H, they did not exactly make this shit easy to get to. I still have A/C, so the compressor is under it, and the GD power steering pump is right above it.


Arg.


I'm getting U/V dye tomorrow, and more beer.

So fuckin' annoying.

 

Do you have a pressure washer and some simple green at your disposal, to get the area ridiculously clean and then maybe try to figure out what's going on? It's helped me in the past when I have a bad leak and cannot figure it out.

 

sorry to hear man.

look at it this way, eventually you will almost have a new car.

 

check the lower rad hose.

 

It's not the lower radiator hose.

 

sometimes shit is just too ridiculous with these cars. i just finished replacing my connecting rod bearings because they were really bad, one spun and i had a knock, and then the next day i lost reverse in my trans. but i couldn't get rid of the car, i've almost replaced everything.

anyway from my experience the o-ring seals for the water pump dry up and crack, but might as well replace the pump as well if you can afford it.

when i changed mine out i also replaced the radiator so it wasn't too bad to get at.

 

Well, the good news is the water pump failed like it was supposed to.

A nice steady leak, out the weep hole.


Yay.


JK came over, and we had it out in not too much time.

I also got to buy a 1/2" drive breaker bar for the tensioner, and JK bought (in the same store) a frozen pizza, and a box of lucky charms.

And since I feel like torturing myself, JK also flashed my new JZW tune on my car.

That will be another thread though, when I can drive the car.

It's looking like mid next week depending on shipping times.

 

Well, the good news is the water pump failed like it was supposed to.

A nice steady leak, out the weep hole.

Yay.

JK came over, and we had it out in not too much time.

I also got to buy a 1/2" drive breaker bar for the tensioner, and JK bought (in the same store) a frozen pizza, and a box of lucky charms.

And since I feel like torturing myself, JK also flashed my new JZW tune on my car.

That will be another thread though, when I can drive the car.

It's looking like mid next week depending on shipping times.

haha, what kind of store were you in? :lol: Sounds like my kind of place!

Also, good to hear it was just the w/p.

 

Well, the store was what I envision a Russian "state" store to be like, minus the discount undergarments. It's called Menards, and it's a local chain.

10 feet from the lucky charms was 30 feet of nuts, bolts, and fasteners in stainless and chrome.

Another 50 feet from that was where you could buy a whole deck, you just had to put it together.


Anyway, waterpump.
Yay.

 

Well, the store was what I envision a Russian "state" store to be like, minus the discount undergarments. It's called Menards, and it's a local chain.

10 feet from the lucky charms was 30 feet of nuts, bolts, and fasteners in stainless and chrome.

Another 50 feet from that was where you could buy a whole deck, you just had to put it together.

Anyway, waterpump.
Yay.

Hmmm. sounds like a Big Lots :lol:.

/threadjack

 

"Save big money at Manards!"

 

Andy if it makes you feel better I'm 85% confident my water pump failed on the Viggen last night as well.

This marks the first "problem" the car has ever had that I am aware of. Made it 104,xxx miles!

At least you didn't have to tow yours!

Knowledge tip: lowered Viggens won't make it onto a flat bed without scraping the front bumper. I cringed.

 

Knowledge tip: lowered Viggens won't make it onto a flat bed without scraping the front bumper. I cringed.

Didn't have the driver use 2x4's? Around here, I always call a company that deals with the local exotic dealer. Everytime I've had my 9-3 towed, the driver always use 2x4s to ensure that there is no scraping.