Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 06:59:59 +0000 From: Jeremy <JeremynopsamREMOVE.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Timing Belt replacement
In article <20020116055543.00155.00002212nopsams.aol.com>, BINGHAMSEAN <binghamseannopsamcom> wrote: >Serpentine belt is a potential problem but you won't have mjor failure of it if >you listen to your car. most of the time it's the idler pulley that seizes, >causing the belt to snap. When the bearings on the idler pulley is about to >give up, you can hear a squeak at tickover. This should give you sufficient >time to get it replaced. Now you tell me!! Not bad enough being stranded 100's of miles away from home, with Saab saying they would have to wait for the part to be sent over from Sweden. After some discussion , everything went quiet for half an hour and then all of a sudden they turn up with one from the local Vaxhall garage (i.e GM, Opel). It wasnt till then that I realised it really wasnt a Saab engine at all! By the way. Can anyone tell me how often I should get the *timing* belt replaced? I am at about 36,000 miles now. Sounds as if this is done free of charge in the USA, which isnt the case in the UK. My local Saab garage were interested to know details. Can anyone fill me in please? J
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