Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 04:34:51 GMT From: scrowenopsamink.net (Steve Crowe) Subject: Re: Timing Belt replacement
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 06:59:59 +0000, Jeremy <JeremynopsamREMOVE.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article <20020116055543.00155.00002212nopsams.aol.com>, BINGHAMSEAN ><binghamseannopsamcom> wrote: >>Serpentine belt is a potential problem but you won't have mjor failure of it if >>you listen to your car. most of the time it's the idler pulley that seizes, >>causing the belt to snap. When the bearings on the idler pulley is about to >>give up, you can hear a squeak at tickover. This should give you sufficient >>time to get it replaced. > >Now you tell me!! > >Not bad enough being stranded 100's of miles away from home, with Saab >saying they would have to wait for the part to be sent over from Sweden. >After some discussion , everything went quiet for half an hour and then >all of a sudden they turn up with one from the local Vaxhall garage (i.e >GM, Opel). It wasnt till then that I realised it really wasnt a Saab >engine at all! > >By the way. Can anyone tell me how often I should get the *timing* belt >replaced? I am at about 36,000 miles now. Sounds as if this is done >free of charge in the USA, which isnt the case in the UK. My local Saab >garage were interested to know details. Can anyone fill me in please? > >J > In the US, the replacement spec on V-6 timing belts is as follows: 1994-1996 First one 65K miles and every 60K miles after that. Saab will pay for only the first one (65K miles). 1999-present First one scrowenopsamink.net
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