Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:10:54 +0100 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: Head gasket failure? - oil and water leaking externally
Andy Hookins wrote: > Unfortunately it's never convenient, but can be planned in for a > few weeks time when I planned to do an oil change, or I can > leave it until the next service (October) unless it gets out of > control, but 6 months seems a long time to leave it now that I > know about it. Either way its too much for me to do so I'll be > leaving it to my friendly indy. If you intend to keep the car, try to do it before next winter. > Do you know if it's worth while? I think the years to go for are > '90-'92. From then on I believe the B204 and B234 engines > had the same head porting, but that the earlier head had larger > porting. I'm assuming of course that I can transplant my cam > shafts into the older head, since I don't suppose I can use the > cam shafts from the NA engine. Well, all you're going to get is a personal opinion. I'm not too keen on chopping Saabs about. I drive them because they're reliable, practical yet lots of fun. If I want real speed, I drive something else. Personally, I'd just change the gasket, and make sure the car is running as good as new (so new leads/plugs/cap/rotor/coil/air filter/fuel filter/clean injectors etc.). I don't have figures for the increase you'd get from switching to the 2.3 head, but I bet for normal road use is smaller than the difference between clean plugs and dirty plugs. That's what I think, anyway. -- Grunff
