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96 900s 2.3 seized at 107k.
Posted by David (more from David) on Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:33:07
In Reply to: Re: How do you check for sludge, Dean, Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:19:42
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I never had a Saab before and found this one sitting at a dealer for cheap. After looking under the valve cover I knew what happened.
Took the engine out and stripped it. What I found:
#3 rod bearing melted and locked crank so causing the seizure.
Balance shafts seized first causing chain to rip everything apart. Sprockets, guides,tesioner.
So many parts to replace I just got a used engine from Kevin in Vt. ( Saabnet classifieds )
The new used engine had no sludge at all. Hard to believe but still a spotless engine.
So, There is something going on here.
Some engines sludge up and others don't.
There's some relationship here. Somethin about these engine designs is the culprit.
We need to do a pole on sludged motors and non sludged motors and see if a patern devolopes.
My 1996 2.3 had lots of sludge.
The replacement was a 1997 2.3 and spotless.
The only difference I found is the 96 has an air induction on the exhaust manifold and the 97 has none.
David in Va likes to get hands dirty.
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