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Off-topic chat, Help, Advice, General motoring issues / Re: Flat spotted tyres.
« Last post by sgould on 16 April 2024, 12:16:44 PM »
The tyres should recover if they are not abused when first driven.  Alternatively you could pump them up to a much higher pressure to reduce the size of the contact patch, as long as you reduce it before getting it back on the road.

It depends a bit on the age of the tyres.  There’s a date stamp on the side. Four digits. First two are the week. Followed by two for the year.  10 years is considered the life of the tyre in normal circumstances.
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Off-topic chat, Help, Advice, General motoring issues / Flat spotted tyres.
« Last post by Steve McF on 16 April 2024, 09:37:11 AM »
If you have a car parked in the garage for a few months, is there a good way to fix flat spots on the tyres?

My son's car got stuck in the garage once our building work started and a skip was dropped outside the garage door.

The car is SORNed, but the skips have been there far longer than we anticipated. The tyres are all good/reasonably new, and we have tried to move the car about whilst it has been in there so it wasn't sitting on the same patch continuously.
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Off-topic chat, Help, Advice, General motoring issues / Re: Ex Saab MD 9-5 NG for sale
« Last post by TomPaine on 16 April 2024, 09:03:45 AM »
Indeed, that is strong money.
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Off-topic chat, Help, Advice, General motoring issues / Ex Saab MD 9-5 NG for sale
« Last post by carrera on 16 April 2024, 07:51:16 AM »
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204736269275?

What I would describe as strong money at £14,750 , and the car doesn't have Drivesense or Harman Kardon sound system.

Does look tidy though
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Saab 9-3 Sport Saloon / Convertible / Combi (Wagon/Estate) / Turbo X / AWD (2003 on) / Re: Blower fan chirping driving me nuts!!!
« Last post by sgould on 15 April 2024, 08:58:35 PM »
Well done! :) 

And, yes, I could do with your luck if you have some to spare...
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Saab 9-3 Sport Saloon / Convertible / Combi (Wagon/Estate) / Turbo X / AWD (2003 on) / Re: Blower fan chirping driving me nuts!!!
« Last post by carrera on 15 April 2024, 08:57:11 PM »
I think Will has a coupe of issues on his car. Fancy sorting them out for him while you are having a good day  ;D
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Saab 9-3 Sport Saloon / Convertible / Combi (Wagon/Estate) / Turbo X / AWD (2003 on) / Re: Water in passenger footwell - first time ever!!!
« Last post by carrera on 15 April 2024, 08:55:18 PM »
Sounds like good news. Almost reminiscent of a 1970's air cooled VW, except much easier to fix  :thumbsup:
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Saab 9-3 Sport Saloon / Convertible / Combi (Wagon/Estate) / Turbo X / AWD (2003 on) / Re: Blower fan chirping driving me nuts!!!
« Last post by Steve McF on 15 April 2024, 07:27:37 PM »
Whilst I had the scuttle panel off for the water leak issue in my other thread, I checked the fan. Couldn't feel any noticeable play in it, so squirted some silicone spray onto the upper part of the spindle/bearing, to see if I could stop the irritating chirping!!

And hey presto....it seems to have worked!!! For now at least ;) If I can sort the leak out first, I may take the fan out for a proper clean and lube the bearings with oil at some point ;)

So that's two good jobs I've managed to do this evening!!
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Saab 9-3 Sport Saloon / Convertible / Combi (Wagon/Estate) / Turbo X / AWD (2003 on) / Re: Water in passenger footwell - first time ever!!!
« Last post by Steve McF on 15 April 2024, 07:23:13 PM »
In the next two pics you can see the perished seal as I pull the housing away from the body, and then my temporary duck tape 'solution'.....I hope!!!
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Saab 9-3 Sport Saloon / Convertible / Combi (Wagon/Estate) / Turbo X / AWD (2003 on) / Re: Water in passenger footwell - first time ever!!!
« Last post by Steve McF on 15 April 2024, 07:21:18 PM »
Well the source of the leak seemed to be the side of the centre console. The side nearest the door was dry.

So this evening I got the scuttle panel off to find no drain block, and a completely dry and unstained cabin filter. What I did however find was that the cabin filter housing seal to the body has completely disintegrated/dried out/gone crusty. You can move the cabin filter housing forward and backward and create a gap across the top.

I have seen Cyclone Sid's Youtube video on cleaning all this up and using fresh sealant to stick the housing back onto the body, so I think that is the next job to do, if it will ever stop raining for 10 minutes!!!

In the mean time, I did a temporary botch to see if I can at least stop the leak for now....

See pics below 👍😉
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