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Can I fit the engine from a '97 900 SE into a '00 9-3?
Posted by BT [Email] (more from BT) on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:35:49
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My wife's '97 900 SE Turbo (2.0L auto) was mashed a couple months back in an accident. Relatively little damage, but insurance refuses to do anything but call it a write-off and send us a a check that would, at best, buy us a really beat up '97 900 (which ours was not).
Leaving that aside, the engine/trans in the '97 is in good shape. I've found for sale locally a '00 9-3 base model with automatic that has a blown engine for a reasonable price. Can I swap the '97's motor into the '00 car? I figure the engines have pretty much the same external physical dimensions, but the real question is if the T7 system will work with the (formerly) T5 engine?
Also, the '00 looked like it had something really catastrophic happen to the #2 cylinder. I pulled the spark plug and it sprayed with what looks like molten metal. Dropped valve? Broken piston? Are either of those things common for the 2000's?
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