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How many miles on the vehicle? Belt? Tensioner?
I have seen many 6+ OG9-3s and 2 short belt OG9-5s (4 cylinders) have this type of failure. Usually the belt stretches to the belt tensioner outer limit and/or the spring within the tensioner is fatigued allowing the belt to briefly slacken on startup. For some odd reason, it tends to fall off the water pump pulley and lodge between the wp pulley and timing cover.
Always replace your drive belt, tensioner assembly and both idler pulleys every 60k with OEM parts. On the factory short belt 9-5s, the mount for the lower idler pulley is there on the timing cover. I dont even stock a short belt for a 9-5. Every single one gets a long belt setup.
JustinHiFi
Strictly Saab Inc.
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JustinHiFi
Strictly Saab Inc.
Melbourne, FL
Current:
-1991 900 S-PG MT
-2001 9-5 Wagon AT
-2006 9-3 SS AT
Past:
-1964 96 2-Smoke MT
-1967 96 v4 MT
-1983 900 Turbo MT
-1985 900 SPG MT
-1988 9000 Turbo Black MT
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-1990 900 SPG Red MT
-1990 900 SPG Black MT
-1991 9000 Turbo MT
-1991 900 SPG Red MT
-1992 9000 Griffin AT
-2000 9-5 Aero Sedan MT
-2001 9-5 Aero Wagon MT
-2008 9-3 2.0T Sedan AT
Posts in this Thread:
- SHORT BELT BLUES, saabsince 93b
, Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:24:59- Re: SHORT BELT BLUES, JustinHiFi
, Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:15:51 <-- Viewing This Message- Replacement tensioner, dtechakacheaptech, Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:51:18
- Financial consideration, Stephen Goldberger, Tue, 1 Jan 2013 12:11:39
- Re: Replacement tensioner, JustinHiFi
, Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:48:28 - I do belt and pulleys at 60k, tensioner at 120K, MI-Roger
, Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:43:03
- Tensioner or Tensioner Pulley maybe, MI-Roger
, Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:13:25
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