Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:50:44 -0400 From: "BL" <brianlevernospamatico.ca> Subject: Re: Seeking advice
It's not too difficult to find Saab engines around the Montreal/St. Bruno area. Depending on how much you have into the vehicle, and the condition of the car, it's often less expensive to swap the engine than to do a proper rebuild ( especially if the labour will be covered). Before you do anything, take Dave's advice and get a second opinion on the source of the noise ( look for an independant garage that specializes in Saab ), there is an excellent shop in Ottawa ( Scandinavian Auto Service ). Good luck BL "Deniz" <deniztorlaknospamail.com> wrote in message news:ad0200b4.0407220711.20a3c974nospaming.google.com... > Hi there, > > I got this 1990 Saab 9000s (190.000 km) recently. It seems it might > have problems and I may be stuck with it. I need some advice. > > I took the car to the Saab servcice. The guy told me "Knocking sounds > could be heard from the engine. Could be piston slap (Pistons loose in > cylinder) & Crank Bearings. Need to open the engine and inspect for > precise evaluation." And he added "It's not worth it, it will cost you > too much." > > I took it to the guy who sold the car to me, to "try" returning the > car and obviously he said something like "he used the money and > cannot return it to me". The guy is a mechanic and a friend of a > friend of mine. And he says if anything happens in three months he > will fix it for me paying half the cost of the parts and all the > labour (he'll fix it anyway). And he says that noise was there all the > time when he was using the car too. > > So obviously I cannot return the car, other than going to court and > hope to get something like half of the money I paid. If I sell the car > to scrap yard I'll just get %25 of what I paid. The best choice seems > like continue using the car and hope it doesn't break, and if it does > and if the cost is too much just sell to the scrap yard, or I try to > sell it to another mechanic who is willing to fix the problem. > > What to do oh what to do? > Any advice is appreciated (I'm in Quebec/Canada by the way) > - Deniz