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Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 08:59:14 GMT
From: Johannes <johsnospam-gets-stamped-sizefitter.com>
Subject: Re: SAAB Quality Since GM?


Malt_Hound, > wrote: > > Johannes H Andersen wrote: > > > > Pooh Bear wrote: > > > >>ma_twain wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Malt_Hound wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Steve Wade wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>Not a particular good example. The 9-5 also has chain-driven cam-shafts. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>This seems to suggest that at least one core value is still intact - > >>>>>which > >>>>>is nice to know.. > >>>> > >>>>Timing chain is a core value? Why so lazy people don't have to do > >>>>maintenance and their engine will not self destruct? I suppose Ferrari > >>>>has no core values either because they use those reprehensible timing > >>>>belts in their inferior engine designs? > >>> > >>>Perhaps you enjoy spending $1,000 every 30,000 miles just to replace a > >>>timing belt and much more if it breaks while the engine is running - I > >>>don't. > >> > >>That really is the point. Having to replace a timing belt at some considerable > >>expense at regular intervals is not a great feature. > >> > >>The only explanation I've ever heard in favour of timing belts is low audible > >>noise ( Oh and maybe reduced cost for manufacturer - but that's not something > >>of interest to the purchaser ) . In view of the excellent sound insulation in a > >>Saab - that's not really a convincing argument. > >> > >>Give me a timing chain any day. > > > > > > What are the new 9-3SS? belt or chain? > > All 4 cyl engines have timing chains. There is no 6 cylinder option in > the 9-3SS (at least not in the US). Therefore, all (US) SAAB 9-3SS have > chains. 4 cyl engines in 900, old 9-3 and 9000 have timing chains, but.. The reason I ask is because the engines 4 cyl engines in the new 9-3SS are derived from GM engines and modified by Saab in some way, turbochargers etc. In the UK they also sell an entry model 1.8i and 122bhp (2.0L non turbo). This engine is a straight GM engine, that one must have timing belts? Then there are the 1.9 diesel engines which originates from FIAT/Alfa. You don't find anything mentioned about chain/belt in Saab advertising, so only a mechanic would know.

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