Date: 7 Dec 1997 23:24:59 GMT From: "Cooper Valentine" <hyperdognopsame.rr.com> Subject: Re: 88 Saab 9000 Turbo timing problems?
yeah, you should be worried!! You just spent about 3 grand on a vehicle worth about $7,000 after the work was done. Yikes! SAAB stands for "SAABs Are Always Broken". Didn't anyone tell you this?! We, the deranged and bewildered, who continue to buy them and drive them are either so well heeled so as to not worry about expenses or (more likely) are so thouroughly addled by the driveing experience that the ensuing poverty is just another cold comfort to prove us worthy of ownership. Suck it in bud. There is likely no quick, cheap fix for your timing problem. But it's nothing that time and money can't cure. You WILL pay and you WILL like it!!!! woof Mike Nass <MikeNassnopsamffice.net> wrote in article <348a3f45.148316505nopsam.supernews.net>... > About 8 months ago my Saab started to develop minor symptoms > such as shifting hard (automatic), bad gas mileage, etc. Within a > month and a half these problems became serious, so I brought it to the > shop to get it checked out. The shop did complete diagnostics on the > car and said everything was great except the timing was 9 degrees off > so they fixed it. Now 6 months later the car is getting these same > symptoms again. I am assuming it is the timing again, and will be > bringing it to the shop again within the next few days. What could be > causing the timing to become so misadjusted so quickly. Is this a > common problem on Saab's. I've only had it for about 10 months and the > repair bills have been quite costly (Turbo seized, new brakes, > exhaust, tires, flywheel, etc) and I am worried this is just the start > of greater problems. Should I be worried. > Thanks for any help, > Mike >