[Main NG900 & OG93 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos I don't know, but Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by MJM [Email] (#872) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MJM) on Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:10:45 In Reply to: Re: be concerned about the new noise, matthew, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 16:03:44 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members see ZERO ads on the bulletin boards and get more feature. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I'm starting to think (without actually looking at the manuals, yet..) that the chain tensioner is tied to the oil pump somehow, either mechanically or operationally. All these posts about dropping mpg, engine sludge and throwing rods has my little mental gears turning.

I think you'd have to pull the front (engine) cover to check, but haven't looked for/found the details yet. IIRC, someone below posted that it was an hours labor to pull the front cover. If I had to guess, I'd say 5 hours to replace the tensioner.

I've been thinking of delving into my engine to hunt for sludge and to track down a slight ticking noise that I hear right after start up. I'm really paranoid now.

Have I said yet that this will probably be my last Saab?

Mike
'95 SET
80k

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• bad morning (long), matthew, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:32:22
  • solution, matthew, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 21:51:21
    • tensioner, MJM , Wed, 5 Dec 2001 08:39:13
      • Re: tensioner, matthew, Wed, 5 Dec 2001 10:48:36
        • oil pump, MJM , Wed, 5 Dec 2001 15:40:53
  • more news...., matthew, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 18:01:56
  • be concerned about the new noise, MJM , Tue, 4 Dec 2001 15:42:26
    • Re: be concerned about the new noise, matthew, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 15:51:22
      • Re: be concerned about the new noise, matthew, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 16:03:44
        • I don't know, but, MJM , Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:10:45 <-- Viewing This Message
          • Re: I don't know, but, fsik, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:38:38
            • and the clutch, matthew, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 20:19:54
            • how about this?!, matthew, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 20:14:29
  • Re: bad morning (long), JT, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 14:47:12
  • and again..., matthew, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:59:41
    • Re: and again..., Dean, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 14:07:05
      • Re: and again..., matthew, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 15:01:42
        • Re: and again..., Dean, Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:38:07

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