old.user4556
Has a sexy sister. I am also a Bodhi wannabee.
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Before I start spamming every car forum, I have a problem.
My sister's diesel Saab 9-3 2.2 TiD (Y reg, 2001, 36k miles) has just totally packed in. She had it towed to a garage where a fuel pump was first suspected and she was quoted £1500 to fix.
However, on getting another garage to look at it, it turns out the valves are all fucked and one of the piston heads has cracked due to a snapped timing belt - so it's proper fucked new engine time. On investigation on the web, the Saab 9-3 supposedly uses (like on beemers) a timing chain as opposed to a belt so that it has decent service intervals but on 2.2 petrol engines the lubrication for the chain can fail and cause the chain to snap. Timing chains are supposed to be better than belts fuck sake, as they don't snap like a worn belt.
So, basically - a chain shouldn't fucking fail at 36k miles right? The car was serviced at Saab for the first two services and at independent VAT registered garages for the next four (totalling six in five years).
Surely pursuing Saab would be a worthwhile course of action? 36k miles and the engine is knackered? No fucking way.
Help?
My sister's diesel Saab 9-3 2.2 TiD (Y reg, 2001, 36k miles) has just totally packed in. She had it towed to a garage where a fuel pump was first suspected and she was quoted £1500 to fix.
However, on getting another garage to look at it, it turns out the valves are all fucked and one of the piston heads has cracked due to a snapped timing belt - so it's proper fucked new engine time. On investigation on the web, the Saab 9-3 supposedly uses (like on beemers) a timing chain as opposed to a belt so that it has decent service intervals but on 2.2 petrol engines the lubrication for the chain can fail and cause the chain to snap. Timing chains are supposed to be better than belts fuck sake, as they don't snap like a worn belt.
So, basically - a chain shouldn't fucking fail at 36k miles right? The car was serviced at Saab for the first two services and at independent VAT registered garages for the next four (totalling six in five years).
Surely pursuing Saab would be a worthwhile course of action? 36k miles and the engine is knackered? No fucking way.
Help?