Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:02:39 +0000 From: Peter Adams <peternopsam.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Old scabby 900 making strange noise..
In article <78oivq$fne$1nopsamme.online.no>, S. Vader <svadernopsame.com> writes >Hi guys! > >My dear old '82 900 GLE have started making a really unpleasant sound. I'm >worrying sick since I've had her since she came from the fabric... She's >like one of the family... :-) >The sound is almost indescribable, but it's a kind of whining, and it never >emerge before after the engine is warm. You can't hear it when driving, but >when the engine is running idle, the noise shows up, going from pretty quiet >to a crescendo of of whining, an it all takes place in seconds! I've tried >to locate the discord several times, but it's pretty damned hard to say >where it's coming from... > >Don't know if it makes a difference, but I replaced the water pump a time >before the whining started (it doesn't sound like a defect water pump). > >Any suggestions? > > >thanks in advance > > > > I had something very similar to this with a 900 of much the same age. I was worried stiff until I discovered it was merely caused by dry drive belts. My local Saab agent gave me an aerosol of drive belt lubricant, and after one application, all was blessed silence. As you have recently disturbed the belts to fit the water pump, it seems a possibility. That was my first Saab. It had 169,000 on the clock when I bought it, but ran perfectly. The previous owner attributed this to the fact that he had changed the oil every 1000 miles. I foolishly traded it in for a later model, just to get the 5 speed gearbox, but found the 5 speed very notchy compared to the silky, smooth 4. -- Peter Adams, Lincolnshire, England
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