Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:09:25 GMT From: "Mark Plumlee" <turbospgnopsamsouth.net> Subject: Re: '91 900 STD question URGENT
blown head, bad fan realy ( hook up the fan to a cabin switch) tranny cooler in lower rad hose, if the plastic swirler is melted things are bad, in my 4 door , it made the tranny bad, and also the heatercore failed. dont drive it if it overheats Lamont, you big dummie ; ) "Fordboy0" <jfeigenopsamSPAMMEone.net> wrote in message news:Xns93A3E4F90E520jefffeigeyahoocomnopsam168.3.44... > Heyall... > > New to this Saab thing. I have the opportunity to pick up a '91 900 STD > 4D for beans. It's an automatic (yuk), but it rides really nice and has > little to no rust and a nice interior (Would be my first 4 door) The > problem is that when driving it I noticed that the temp was a little > high. I checked the coolant and it seems to have some petrolium in it. > The owner (a buddy) said that it blew a couple of hoses, but he hasn't > flushed the coolant for a couple of years. It's quite obvious that it > either has a blown head gasket (seems to be quite common on this motor - > what's it called a 212B?) or a leaking trans cooler. The trans seems OK, > but it acts funny when cold for about 10 seconds or so. Oh yeah, and it > has the seemingly common parking brake sticking problem, not the good > thing when you are trying to take the old lady for a ride and you have to > put the hurt on the poor trans to get it back in the driveway - test > drive over before it began. ;) > > So here are the questions: > > The price is $375US. If I flush the colling system and change the oil > (it doesn't seem to have any coolant in the oil - strange but I'll get to > that later), I think I can determine how bad the head gasket is. Does > this motor have head warping problems? How about the tranny... If I > want a Saab should I hold out for a manual? (Haven't had an automatic > since my first vehicle :) ) Is it difficult to change the head gasket on > this 16v? It doesn't puke coolant when it's running (out of the overflow > anyway, it does when I take the cap off, but I've never owned a *closed- > type* cooling system before) so... > > Thoughts, suggestions? I have 'till tomorrow to decide, otherwise it > gets donated... It would seem to make a nice replacement for the '91 > Escort GT with 345,000 miles that seems to have just fallen apart in the > last six months (brake calipers, exhaust (again), valve seals, timing > belt replacement time, motor mounts etc.) > > Thanks in advance! > > -Jeff > > BTW remove the DONTSPAMMME from the email if you want to reply that way. > I will keep up on the group ;) >
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