Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 23:19:55 +0200 From: "SAAB 9-3 cabrio" </EFFACER-CECI/thibaud_cnopsamail.com> Subject: Re: The indestructible 9000 16v engine.....
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C35ADE.EA458510 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well done ! Hope it will still last a long time !! Saabistly --=20 For sale SAAB 9-3 SE convertible 2002 full options http://www.webrankinfo.com/saab/occasion-saab-9-3.htm "Harv" <harvey-1nopsametmail.com> a =E9crit dans le message de = news:20818b69.0308021542.2024c64cnopsaming.google.com... ...or how you don't need a water pump! Our 1993 CDE 2.0 16v machine has been through 215000 miles, when my girlfriend had the excitement of driving when it went 'dodgy'. She said that the steering went all 'funny' and was a pain to drive. She decided it would be wise to attempt to drive home (~15 miles) as the breakdown cover ran out the week before (oops!). When I looked at it the auxiliary belt had turned into tiny rubber fragments, hence no power steering/alternator/water pump. OK I think, replace the belt, and hope it was driving over a campsite that loosened it. Oh dear, then I remember that driving 15 miles with no water pump is a bad idea, and surely this would overheat the engine. In fact, surely this would melt the head gasket, and the car would be a write off.=20 So I was valiantly downhearted but cheering myself up by seeing dodgy carlssons going for =A3500 on ebay, and thinking I needed the turbo. Turns out mr. local mechanic changes the belt and the pulley(which caused the belt break), and the bloody engine still works! Just the ticking from the out-dated timing chain, still battling on. What on earth will kill this engine? I can't use this as an excuse now to get excited about the idea of comparing prices of a 735i, 280SE, or a 9000 2.3T...... Cheers ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C35ADE.EA458510 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Well done !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hope it will still last a long time = !!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Saabistly</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR>-- <BR>For sale SAAB 9-3 SE convertible 2002 full options<BR><A = href=3D"http://www.webrankinfo.com/saab/occasion-saab-9-3.htm">http://www= .webrankinfo.com/saab/occasion-saab-9-3.htm</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>"Harv" <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:harvey-1nopsametmail.com">harvey-1nopsametmail.com</A>> = a =E9crit=20 dans le message de <A=20 = href=3D"news:20818b69.0308021542.2024c64cnopsaming.google.com">news:20818b= 69.0308021542.2024c64cnopsaming.google.com</A>...</DIV>...or=20 how you don't need a water pump!<BR><BR>Our 1993 CDE 2.0 16v machine = has been=20 through 215000 miles, when my<BR>girlfriend had the excitement of = driving when=20 it went 'dodgy'. She<BR>said that the steering went all 'funny' = and was=20 a pain to drive. She<BR>decided it would be wise to attempt to = drive=20 home (~15 miles) as the<BR>breakdown cover ran out the week before=20 (oops!). When I looked at it<BR>the auxiliary belt had turned = into tiny=20 rubber fragments, hence no<BR>power steering/alternator/water = pump. OK I=20 think, replace the belt,<BR>and hope it was driving over a campsite = that=20 loosened it.<BR><BR>Oh dear, then I remember that driving 15 miles = with no=20 water pump is a<BR>bad idea, and surely this would overheat the = engine. =20 In fact, surely<BR>this would melt the head gasket, and the car would = be =20 a write off. <BR>So I was valiantly downhearted but cheering myself up = by=20 seeing dodgy<BR>carlssons going for =A3500 on ebay, and thinking I = needed the=20 turbo.<BR><BR>Turns out mr. local mechanic changes the belt and the=20 pulley(which<BR>caused the belt break), and the bloody engine still=20 works! Just the<BR>ticking from the out-dated timing chain, = still=20 battling on. What on<BR>earth will kill this engine? I = can't use=20 this as an excuse now to get<BR>excited about the idea of comparing = prices of=20 a 735i, 280SE, or a = 9000<BR>2.3T......<BR><BR>Cheers</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C35ADE.EA458510--
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