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All 850 T5 Engine Issues? 850

posted by  YoHee on  Mon Mar 11 07:18 CST 2002
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Hello,

I'm in the market for a sport sedan and have fallen in love with the 850 T5's & R's. I found used T5's this past weekend and went to inspect & testdrive both.

One was a 95 and the other a 97, the 97 had 50k miles and the 95 had 67k. Both T5's had evidence of water in the oil. When inspecting the dipstick on both I noticed they had a milky sludge buildup on the stick which is usually evidence of water in the oil. After test driving the 97 it was even more eveiden as you could actually see water droplets on the dipstick. The 97 also had very discolored coolant, the 95 did not. From my experience this is usually a sign of a cracked head or blown head gasket. Could anything else have caused this? I am concerned that being 2 for 2 this is a common problem on the Turbo 850s, is that true or did I just strike the lemon pile today? I would really like something similar to the T5 with the performance but Im now leery of the Turbo motors, are there any other models to consider with good performance from a NA engine?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Thanx






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