Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:17:44 +0100 From: "Charles C." <c.k.christacopoulos.removeme.nospamee.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Timing Chain failure at 46k miles
Grumpy Mike wrote: > On Oct 8, 5:23 pm, Adrian <toomany2...nospaml.com> wrote: >> Eeyore (rabbitsfriendsandrelati...nospamail.com) gurgled happily, sounding >> much like they were saying : >> >>>>> About an hour later they called and said that the timing chain >>>>> had broken. They said that unles I replaced a bunch of other parts, >>>>> I'd be back to them again in 3 weeks. The quote was ’,¨1700 (’,¨700 >>>>> parts, ’,¨700 labour, ’,¨300 VAT) because it required removal of the >>>>> engine, taking off the head and sump, etc. >>>> £700 parts sounds high. >>> It may have been Euros. I suspect he's in Eire. >> Ah. Still sounds high, but knowing dealer parts prices... > > Thanks Adrian, > > As Eeyore suspected. I am in Ireland and the price was in euros. > However, even when I convert the price given at PartsForSaab and add > carriage, it comes to Eu275 versus the Eu700 I was quoted. Kinda makes > me wary of their matching quote of Eu700 for labour. > > I take your point about lots of short journeys being punishing on a > car and I would fully expect problems with exhaust, etc. but I > wouldn't have thought that it would have much impact on the timing > chain. Then again, perhaps a 1000 journey of 8 miles means 1000 starts > from cold with poor initial oil circulation, whereas 100 journeys of > 80 miles would mean that there was excellent oil circulation for a > much higher percentage of the miles travelled. > > Thanks again > Mike > The tensioner is probably gone. See the parts you price include a new tensioner and all the sprockets. Perhaps it has gone because of age, luck of lubrication ... whatever. The reason you needed to rev it a lot is probably because the timing was out or ... WARNING! It may have bend valves, if not worse, smacked pistons. Your 1700 euro cost could be a lot higher. Like they fix the chain to find the engine is still not running. Charles :-| -- Please remove _removeme_ to reply.
