Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:03:15 -0500 From: Fred W <Malt_Houndnospamm-me-not*yahoo.com> Subject: Re: 2001 95 V6 Wagon beware
th wrote: > Pooh Bear wrote: > >> James Sweet wrote: >> >>> Should I wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Fred. Why's that? Also mileage is actually 118K... >>>> >>> They're just crummy GM engines, do some googling and you'll probably >>> find lots of reasons which have been discussed endlessly here. few Saab >>> fans would prefer it over the Saab 4 cylinder engines. >> >> >> Only 9-5s have 'real' Saab 4 cyls any more. >> >> 9-3s have another GM unit. >> > Maybe even the 9-5 4-cyl are not "real" Saab engines any longer. OK, > they are made in Sweden but the quality seems to have dropped > drastically (oil sludge problems, balance chain excessive wearout in > combination with auto tranny, etc.) compared with the older B202 and > B204 engines that were used in the C900 and 9000 models. > The oil sludge is only a problem for thiose that choose to observe the GM/SAAB recomended extended oil change intervals. The balance chains were problems going back to the early 90's before GM had any major influence on design. I'd say that was a SAAB design screw-up. But so long as the chains are replaced when they get noisy, the engines will still last quite nicely. -- -Fred W
