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I had white smoke from the tail pipeand getting hot ... I had the heads done , gasket valve . and resurfising. when I got the saab back ,I drove it about 49 miles started driving slugish , bufs of black samoke comming from tail pipe. found oil in resevoir. what can it be.

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Check the "turbo" .. everyone on here is obsesed with valves . Saabs use both oil and coolant to cool and lube the turbo . Cheap fix , yes ! Easy fix, yes !. Start there and good luck

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Still sound like head gasket leak.you find oil in coolant reservoir or radiator it a head gasket leak.

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Sounds to me like they did a bad head job. No pun intended. lol, White smoke indicates moisture in exhaust but black smoke indicates a oil leak. I would take it back and have them check the job they did. If the car is over heating then the head gaskets are pretty much blown.

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