Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 04:39:02 GMT From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: 1995 Saab 9000 CDE V6 Timing Belt Went
"ort11" <ort11nospampc.com> wrote in message news:47206e47e7546af4f4cbd7173e533e37nospamlhost.talkaboutautos.com... > Hi All: > > Yep, my very nice 9000 1995 just tossed the timing belt and the local > mechanic says at least some of the valves are bent. It has about 89k on > it, I wish I would have changed at 75k. or even 88.5k. I was looking > forward to running this car for quite awhile longer. > > So, anyone out there have this happen to them on the 9000 V6 (with > something like a billion vales or so to replace ... -:). > > I am soliciting input from the gallery... > > 1) Don't fix it, sell for parts > 2) Rebuild the engine > 3) Replace engine with a rebuilt > Depending on the extent of the damage I would either repair the existing engine or replace the whole engine with a good used one from a wreck if you can find it. Otherwise options 2 and 3 are about the same.