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saab 9-3 boost issues

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5/17/15 - Never forget
so here's the deal. i have a friend who has a saab 9-3 that only boosts when cold/after its been run hard for a long time. example: full boost running down the road. sit at a stoplight for 1 min, punch it, no boost at all. example 2. go to a road racing track, race the pig and you will have boost the whole time (as long as its not out of boost for too long). Mind you, the car has 240,000 miles stock everything and original turbo. i have a spare gt17 (stock turbo) as well as a chinese knockoff gt28 that i may sell him if we determine its the turbo. any ideas would be appreciated
 

Saabstory

.:R32 OG Member # 002
talk to the folks at www.saabcentral.com They'll be almost guaranteed to be able to help.

Need to know more about the car to answer well though; especially year and model (different turbos and ECU software for different years, and often they have different "common" problems)
 

Pirate King

King of Pirates
Worst car I've ever owned. Tell your buddy to sell it.


I really like them. That car can haul ass and anything you can throw in it. The car has 240k miles on it so it clearly wasn't made poorly.
 
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