Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:14:04 -0400 From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> Subject: Re: 97 9000 CSE Turbo timing chain replacement
Goran Larsson wrote: > In article <BD18BC1F.45623%watters3nospammersorwadenospamast.net>, > lee <watters3nospammersorwadenospamast.net> wrote: > > >>That was actually a recommendation for the '97 6-cylinders, as I recall. >> > > All V6 engines used by Saab has timing belts (rubberbands), not chains. > The belt must be changed at regular intervals to reduce the risk of a > disaster. A chain is replaced when it is worn out and normally gives > warning signs well in advance. > > Who makes the V6 engines or where did they originiate? The Saab 4 cylinder use a chain and V6 uses a belt, which implies a different origin.