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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:21:35 +0100
From: "chris" <chrisnospamasystems.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Good motors, etc. used in Saab 900 & 9000 ?


Well the cam chain issue has not been my experience 9000i 89 9000cse 93 nor that of (granted only a few) other 9000 owners I have known, the age range seems to by much larger. By the way the K was Miles not Km's. so your 250Km is in the region of very noisy from my and my friends experiences. we all changed them out once the started making noises out of the ordinary, cheaper than new engine :¨). The gearbox/top mounts, Henrik yours is a different approach and as your happy with the results im not about to criticize it, I was working from my own experience, which was to try the tops as they failed first and then when the gbox one gave out I did the logical thing. I most defiantly do not proclaim to be a god of 9000's. Was Saab Redline fully synthetic gearoil fitted as standard ? or is it an extra ? Chris "Henrik B." <saabnospamPAM_tdcadsl.dk> wrote in message news:4102d0ee$0$213$edfadb0fnospamd12.news.tele.dk... > > "chris" <chrisnospamasystems.freeserve.co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse > news:cdt55o$lmp$1nospamg3.svr.pol.co.uk... > > Hi Bruce > > I can only comment on the 9000 Saabs, ive never owned a 900. > > > > But engine 90K-120K cam chains seem to start to give up the ghost. > > Rubbish! Unless you get the 2,3-litre engine from modelyear 89-92 (incl), > there won't be any probs with the chains for at least 250.000 kilometres.. > > > Engine mounts, the top ones don't last long, too much torque - so I > > would personally go for the poly ones here, slight increase in > > vibration (small) in the steering column and (even smaller) through > > the body work, but it worth it, as the tighter feel (and smother and > > easier gear changes) in the driving is a definite plus. > > > Watch the other mounts (gearbox and the viscous ones). I replaced the > > gearbox one with a poly and there was a distinct increase in the > > vibration in the car as a result but at least it wont fail for at > > least 3 yrs if at all. > > Leave the top motormounts as they are - rubber. And only change the gearbox > mount for at poly one. This will improve shifting radically. Saab Redline > fully synthetic gearoil will also improve the shifting. Also, chaning only > the gearbox mount for a poly won't increase vibrations. > > Cheers! > >

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