Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 22:00:26 +0800 From: "meme meme" <splitscreen69nopsamsnet.com.au> Subject: Re: 2003 9-5, V6, is it really a bad engine?
I,ll think you will find that the new 4 Cylinder engine in the latest 9-3 has a timing belt <davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:au62q8$4e14o$2nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de... > Someone who looks an awful lot like shyam <shabarakadanopsamail.com> wrote: > > I've heard coments being made about the 3.0 V6 engine (in the 9-5 Arc) > > as not being 'as-good-as' the 4 cylinder engines, in this groups as > > well as from some SAAB sales people. However, I haven't heard of any > > actual complaints of them going bad or specific problems the V6 engine > > has. I test frove a 9-5 Aero and an Arc and liked the way the V6 > > handled over the 350HP 4-cylinder in the Aero. But ... > > Timing belts, mainly, from a technical standpoint. Oh...I think you'll find > that the Aero is 250HP, rather than 350HP, unless they offer a substantially > different Aero where you are. > > Biggest thing, perhaps, is how long do you long do you plan to keep the car? > If it's just a "3 years and trade", and if you get the servicing done as > it needs to be, it's no worse than any other timing-belt engine. All of the > 4's that Saab is selling (Gasoline) use timing chains, which won't cause your > engine to turn into an expensive anchor as the belts can. > > Dave Hinz >
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