Re: bloke didn't buy the Celsior, so I'm considering a chop in.

"Elder" <carl.robson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.22068d02fcfbbf8a989c11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <603bgsF1opp9tU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, douggie@xxxxxxxxxxxx
says...
Trouble is, you won't like it if other people approve of it. (c:

I like Saabs, and thanks to the forums and Dervy, I know what the TiDs
can do, and what their weaknesses are and what can go wrong on them.

Little goes wrong because it is a tractor engine in a tarted vectra
shell,

Yup, pretty much. The 2.2's strengths are that it's an old, "proven"
design. Other than the mass air meter, the odd cooling / head gasket and
oil leak, they appear bullet proof.

The mass air meter tends to last ~60,000 miles and it's over £200 from Saab.

and the weakness is the bulkead but I believe that can be fixed.

Absolutely - it helps if you have one with a full service history, but the
question to ask Saab is, "what exactly is serviced on the bulkhead?" when
they query this point.

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The DervMan
www.dervman.com


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