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I posted on this forum about a month ago about a 2002 9-3 SE with 101,000 miles on it. I bought it from a Saab dealership for a pretty good price- 8K [it runs well and looks new]. After a pre-purchase inspection a nearby mechanic [not a Saab specialist] said he heard a noise in the engine he couldn't account for but his guess was it was the timing chain. I told the dealership this and they took a look at it and said they didn't hear anything and these engines just sound different. I accepted that and bought the car.
So a few weeks later I'm having the rotors replaced at an indy Saab shop and I ask the owner/mechanic to take a listen and he says he hears the timing chain and recommends replacing that and the balance shaft chain [$2300- and that's the cheapest estimate I could fund]. Before going to the dealership with this I stopped by that same indy Saab shop to get some advice as to what to tell the dealership and the service manager [diff guy] and another mechanic say that though they hear the noise too [not put on a rack] there's no need for immediate action and that I'm fine for another 10, 20 or 30K miles [they'll just take a listen at every oil change to see if its getting worse]. The service manager also told me that if I were to just drive in there and ask if the timing chain needed to be replaced he'd say no. And, as expected, the dealership service manager, my salesman and another tech say they hear nothing wrong with the chains.
Additionally- after getting gas at a nearby service station this past week I asked a mechanic [not a Saab specialist] to take a listen [NOT on a rack however] and he says he can hear nothing wrong with the chains or the engine in general [he also said that in 30 years as a mechanic he may have seen only one bad timing chain on a Saab]. Now, if I didn't have these mechanics saying there was something wrong I wouldn't think there was a problem. Whom to believe? Is ignorance bliss? Should I go to the other dealer in the area and see if they can diagnose the problem if there is one? Any and all opinions/recommendations welcome. Thanks.
posted by 206.103.228...
, Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:00:40
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