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Engine Swap
Posted by rawhead (more from rawhead) on Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:46:04
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00

Thanks to those who helped me out before when I had problems with the
radiator / tank.

It did turn out that I do have a headgasket leak, and I do,
unfortunately have to do something about it. One day several weeks ago,
my '95SAAB 9000CS Turbo began smoking out of its tail pipe. I took it
to a local (Charles River) SAAB dealer in Boston and they told me after
a diagnostic that not only do I need a new headgasket ($1100) but also
a new Turbo ($1700), as my 177K mile engine's Turbo is worn and causing
the smoke.

Now, I wasn't quite sure that spending nearly $3000 on a worn engine
was intelligent, especially when I had bought the car at about that
price, I did some asking around. Following an advice given to me on the
SAAB Network's 9000 bulletin board, I contacted a garage in central MA,
who is willing to swap my engine with a '95 Aero engine w/ 83K miles,
for $1650 plus labor.

Now, as those who helped me last time know, I'm a complete novice, both
SAAB-wise and CAR-wise. This is the first major work that's going to be
done on my car, bough onlly 5 months ago. I was hoping I could elicit
some advice.

What should I be careful about such an engine swap? What kind of
warranty should I be looking out for, if any? It would suck if the
new/old engine turned out to be really problematic from day one....
Also, what do you think I should do with the old engine? Are there any
uses left? So many questions.....

Thanks for any advice you can give me.

Sincerely,

Satoru Murata
Arlington MA
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