Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 03:21:53 GMT From: Jeremy Jacobsohn <jfjacobnopsamatlantic.net> Subject: Re: Timing Chain
In article <8btq12$ns4$1nopsam1.deja.com>, coxinganopsameja.com says... > A few years ago my Volvo 240 wagon snapped its timing belt on the > Pennsylvania Turnpike on an uphill incline doing 65. Despite being > holed up in the local motel for one night because the garage needed a > day to get a $20 timing belt to fix it in the middle of nowhere, > nothing else was wrong. There were no bent valves, cracked head, > punctured pistons, crooked crankshaft. Nothing. > > Can I say the same for my 94 SAAB 9000CS timing chain? > No, in a word :-(. My 93 9000 Aero broke a timing chain while cruising at ~70 on the freeway. Silently coasted to a stop. Cost $3700 to fix. The head looks really nice now that it has been to the machine shop. Engine runs about as well as before (nice while moving, crappy at idle). Next time maybe I'll buy a Volvo. Jeremy > > coxinga > -- > Coxinga/ The 17th century warlord, son of a pirate, who was bestowed > the last name of Ming emperors. He defeated the Dutch to capture > Formosa. A rare victory in the struggle against colonialism by the > East. It spelled the beginning of the end for the Dutch East India Co. > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. >
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