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Saab Power Outlet Instructions

Many thanks to Bob from Massachusetts who called me today to advise that Saab did not enclose fitting instructions with the power outlet kit that he ordered.

I recently fitted one of these kits to my Saab 9-5 and it has proved invaluable.  It means that I can run my Coolbox to keep food and drinks cool, or I can power and recharge a mobile telephone or laptop computer, or any other device, via an inverter (you can pick these up from Maplin in the UK and Radio Shack, I'd expect, in the USA).

As a service to Bob, and to all of our other customers, I thought I'd post the pdf instructions here for download.  Fitting is a fairly straightforward job and this is a marvellous little upgrade for your Saab.

Here are the Saab power outlet instructions:

• Saab GM900, 9-3 and Saab 9-5 Saloon (109kb pdf)
• Saab 9-5 Combi / Estate (87kb pdf)

For anyone who has not yet done this upgrade on their Saab, then you can purchase your Saab Power Outlet kit from Elkparts.

New Saab Engine Oil. It's GM!

Saab is now supplying just one oil for all engines as opposed to the previous specification of different oils and grades for different engines.

The previous choice for high output turbo engines was SAE 0W/30 - this has now been superseded to SAE 5W/30.  Both are fully synthetic engine oils.

Saab advises that the SAE 5W/30 engine oil is now to be used in all Saab petrol and diesel engines.

Another point to note is that oil is available in one-litre and five - up from four - litre cartons.

Saab has a limited quantity of SAE 0W/30 engine oil available, but when stocks have been depleted this will supersede over to 5W/30.  0W/30 engine oil is already out of stock in the five-litre carton size.

Saab 9-3 / GM900 Dash Panel Install Instructions

The Saab carbon fibre dash panel is the most attractive dash panel available for your Saab 9-3 and has the added bonus of being able to fit the GM900 models without any modification.

This genuine Saab product features real carbon fibre and suits the interior of your Saab much better than the plain grey plastic panel or the rather staid walnut veneer dash.

For the benefit of Saab owners everywhere, I have attached the Saab 9-3 dash panel installation instructions (235kb PDF) for download if you fancy this simple change to update the interior of your Saab.

If you do not have a replacement dash panel, then we currently have the Saab 9-3 dash panel in carbon fibre on special offer for right-hand drive vehicles.  That means it is good for UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and other right hand drive markets.