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I agree... Posted by Snowmobile [Email]  (#686)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Snowmobile) on Fri, 8 Nov 2013 18:32:21
In Reply to: Re: How many miles are on it?, Mark from Toronto, Fri, 8 Nov 2013 15:54:57 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
sounds like the mechanic figures that stuff is easy to do with it out of the car and if he is going to reseal the hg and timing cover anyway... but, I wonder if one of his waterpump failures ground a hole in the timing cover - in the thread above, he noted grinding pump noise... jb weld should be enough to fix that though and no need to pull the engine, and no need for a hg etc...
otherwise, $3500 is a lot to spend on an engine repair when the thing is otherwise running fine but just leaking oil. If it is a small amount (ie no puddles, no need to top off oil much between oil changes, no oil on belts, cv etc), then ignore it. If it is leaking a lot of oil though, you want to get that fixed. My impression was that a new HG is not always the solution on these. Check the crankcase pressure. Make sure you have pcv#6 and that it is all good. Very few cars in the Canadian market had pcv6 when I was looking at used 9-5's... so I bought a 2004 (they came from the factory with that fixed). It is a cheap easy repair that might reduce your leak to manageable. Prior to (some vin in) 2001, it might need new head bolts or a retorque (another cheap easy repair that can solve some leaks), but 2002+ should be ok.
Try the $100 repairs first before jumping into the $3500 repairs. imho. but if an experienced saab tech tells you you need it, you could easily need it. One thing I appreciate about my saab indy is if there is a $3500 gold plated solution and a $200 should reduce the problem enough to be fine, he makes it clear so the customer can let him know what they want done... he doesn't try to upsell it just to make a 12 year old car perfect. I'm not saying that is necessarily the case here, but it could be!
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