Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 14:49:34 -0400 From: "Fred W." <Fred.Willsnospampam myrealbox.com> Subject: Re: saab9000 timing chain
"N & P Fernando" <nirannospamond.com> wrote in message news:%q3oc.33029$TT.10085nospam-server.bigpond.net.au... > Watch out for noisy timing chain. My SAAB AERO had only 150,000 KM on the > clock. One memorable summer day, doing 120 KPH on the highway it broke. > Ended up with 4 bent valves and a complete head rebuild. > > The technician thinks it is the single roler chain used in the 9000 2.3L > engine (they use twin rollers on the old SAAB 900, mine has done over > 400,000, still going good) > It normally gets quite noisey at idle before it goes south. -Fred W
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