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Hi all....not long purchased the car(9-3 Aero convertible Ttid) which is my 4th Saab.Anyway when car is warm and pulling away there is a noise which can easily be described as pinking from about 2000rpm onwards. Now i know pinking was only associated with petrol engines but this is what it...

Hi, I wonder if anyone could help diagnose this. I have a 2001 9-3 2000 Turbo SE Manual, around 92Kmiles Recently I have an odd noise, a kind of metalic rattle it happens at around 2000-3000 RPM and very light throttle openings, back off or apply a little more throttle ands it goes. To me...

Hi all i have a 95 aero 54 plate 95k on the clock i was in the car yesterday when i put my foot down to accelerate it felt like it was missing half the boost and kick that it normally delivers. I went out today to give it a bootfull and the same it fells like its missfireing slightly an holding...

Driving back from work tonight i had the windows open as it was a lovely evening, yes sun was shining, no i wasn't in another country either! However i swear i heard what i thought was pinking when i accelerated, having a metro turbo many many years ago i remember having this problem and put my...

Hi to you all, I'm new to Saabs, had two 2.0L Mondeos estates before, and then brought my 1999 2.3L 9-5 SE estate. Love it!!! Won't be going back to them again. Anyway, not being very mechanically astute, the engine has developed a pinking sound when reving from low revs. Not due a service for...

Hi All, my 2000 Aero estate pinks under load when the engine is cold, it seems to only happen in this current cold weather. Once the temperature gauge climbs off the bottom a little the pinking goes. I have recently had the DI unit checked as part of the recall and it was OK. Should I start...

My 9-5 needs help! It pinks like a... pinking thing. At low revs when moving off until its momentum allows me to ease off the gas. It will pink again when I go back on the gas unless I'm very light. Wasn't always like this but has become worse over the last few months once the engine is at its...

Hi all, My aero is now boosting very well thanks to advice taken on this great site, new wastegate actuator now fitted and WoW thanks for the advice guys But another problem has now appeared , when cold everything seems to be fine but after a few miles at low revs, especially...

Hi all, My aero is now boosting very well thanks to advice taken on this great site, new wastegate actuator now fitted and WoW thanks for the advice guys But another problem has now appeared , when cold everything seems to be fine but after a few miles at low revs, especially...

Driving to the Yorkshire airshow yesterday with the windows down, I noticed whilst trawling along at walking pace in first and occasionally second that the engine was pinking. I have noticed this before but I was running the car on standard unleaded then and have since been running on Super...

Driving to the Yorkshire airshow yesterday with the windows down, I noticed whilst trawling along at walking pace in first and occasionally second that the engine was pinking. I have noticed this before but I was running the car on standard unleaded then and have since been running on Super...

I fitted my Forge MBC at the weekend, in line between the wastegate and the APC solenoid. Being careful, I started with just half a turn from closed, so I was surprised that I got a fair bit of pinking under load. So I closed it up to just a quarter turn, and I still got some pinking, with the...

Hi all I am new to saabscene, though I have had a 99 turbo for a couple of years now - a black 3 door. In the last few months my 99t has started pinking with full turbo boost. I am generally using super unleaded with the Millers VSP additive, which in theory should give me 99 RON! I recently...

I have noticed recently that my 9-5 has started to "pink" occasionly . I am running optimax as recommened by all, but this still happens what would you advise? As always many thanks

My 9000 has developed `pinking` on gentle acceleration in each gear but only at low revs. Should I be looking at the knock senser and how can I test it?

My 9000 has developed `pinking` on gentle acceleration in each gear but only at low revs. Should I be looking at the knock senser and how can I test it?