2003 SAAB 9-3 Oil Change
2006 Saab 93 9-3 Air and Oil Filter Change
Changing the air filter and changing the oil and oil filter on a 2006 Saab 9-3.
2003 SAAB 9-3 oil change Video Rating: 4 / 5
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2003 SAAB 9-3 oil change question by matt_jay50: How many miles do you think you can get out of this Saab?
I’m considering buying a 2003 Saab 9-3 Linear (automatic transmission) with 93,000 miles on it and I was just wondering if it would be worth my investment. The car was garage kept and hasn’t had any engine or mechanical problems to date, however I’m hoping to get out 50,000 more miles out of it and it’s current mileage worries me. Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
2003 SAAB 9-3 oil change best answer:
Answer by LovingLife
Chances are if you take care of it it will take care of you.
Originally posted 2013-12-12 04:25:48. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Thanks for doing this video!
Great video for a guy that never changed oil before.
If not aero use semi synthetic oil but depend your saab 9-3 year make
Hello Matthew brenengren your car is aero or not
Autozone, Wallmart, NAPA, Advance, any hardware store….
Thanks, Helped a lot. not as hard as i thought, just needed the right tools
your owners manual? I got mine for free I just downloaded it from GM
Owners, so could you, all you need is a VIN# and a yahoo account thats it!
In the register there is couple of ways to do it. You can record your oil
changes, service, wheel alignments and ballance, multipoint inspection,
tire rotation + access recall info etc.
Hi, have you ever change your fuel filter? I heared ppl said that the fuel
filter is insider the fuel pump, so we dont need to change that. Is that
true?
Well Saab recommends for domestic American oil to be fully synthetic Mobil
1 and other European cars in America but for European synthetic oil would
be Castrol but however any one of those brands of oil would meet closer to
GM but the oil filter is different on a lot of the new Saab Automobiles
from the 80′s-90′s the Saab 900′s and 9000′s and even the other Saabs of
the 00-10′s got well made. traditionally the oil filters are under the
engines and have it big. start it once u r through
Supposed to use only 0w that’s what the dealer told me
From one Saab owner to another, u can get a free pdf of the owner’s manual
from GM’s Extended Warranty website. I can give u the link or u can just
Google it. It’s not hard to find.
Great vid thanks!
@mbrenengen Go by the SID, it calculates oil life based on ambient
temperature – cold starts – driving conditions – and engine load. Far more
sophisticated than any ballpark estimate you our I could make.
A fellow Saabian, Thank you so much for putting this up. Helped me change
out my 08 9-3′s oil
People on here are fucking rude
Just for future reference, Saab recommends you use an oil which meets the
GM-LL-A-025 spec for a 2.0t/T engine. The two most common oils are Mobil 1
0w-40 and Castrol 0w-30 European Formula. Both are fully synthetic.
Everything else was spot on, great video.
THANKS FOR THE INFO
@mbrenengen probably because the coolant that GM puts in it is acidic crap.
That pink coolant is called dexcool GM has lawsuits against it because it
slowly degrades engine components. It was supposedly a heavy duty coolant
than can last to 50,000 miles. I would flush it out on your next service
and put in green phosphate free coolant or you might need another
engine….
Thanks for an informative vid. Just did an oil change and filter on our
9-3SS Aero today. I found that there was no gasket for the filter, and the
one that came with the new replacement just broke up when the top of the
filter container was tightened. So I have replaced as was and without. To
make life easier, I jacked up the front of the car, and rested on axle
stands to access the sump plug, which must have been tightened by Arnold
Schwarzenegger. Don’t forget to reset the service indicators!
Saab’s are pretty reliable cars. And if the miles are mostly highway miles then u should be fine. And its been garaged kept so it may need to be clean(engine and trans). And it also depends on how much you plan to pay for it …
That is not a lot of miles for a Saab of that year. I would expect it to go way farther than 50,000 miles. Although it is a foreign car and if you live in America it will cost a lot more for oil changes and maintenance. Personally, I would invest in a good GM car due to the inexpensive maintenance. Perhaps a Grand Prix GT or a Bonneville? Anything with the 3800 v6 will last a VERY long time.
You’ll be able to get 50k miles out of it no problem, but chances are against you that they will be 50k inexpensive miles. 2003 was the first model year for the redesigned 9-3. I have never owned a 2003 9-3 personally, but I’ve been around the brand and the internet forums that go along with it long enough to know that they are miserable in terms of reliability. Tons of people have nothing but trouble with their 2003 9-3′s. They got more reliable each year as Saab worked out bugs, but I would never buy a 2003 9-3. It’s definitely a safe, fun car, and I would totally recommend it as long as you know what you’re getting into. Read the reviews on edmunds:
http://www.edmunds.com/saab/93/2003/consumerreview.html
Unless you can afford a later model 9-3, may I recommend you check out some 9-5′s? They’re actually cheaper than most of the 9-3′s you’ll find on the market, and as long as you check it for sludge and keep up with synthetic oil changes they are really great cars. I’m already on my second 9-5!!