Hello,
I have a '97 Saab 9000 CSE turbo, and have run into an issue with it recently. I believe that it's a timing issue, but I'll let you be the judge of that.
It all started when I was on my way back home...
My car said I had 74 miles left to an empty tank, when it seemingly ran out of gas. I've ran it t like 28 miles before I got gas though. It died about a mile from my brother's house, so I walked there and grabbed a gas tank out of the garage. As it turned out, it was 2 cycle gas. The car started, and then sputtered...
Once my step-dad finally showed up, I put some fresh gas in it, and then had to jump it for it to start, because the battery is so old. (The car is in need of some TLC). The engine sounded like it was running rough,(I heard a metal scrapping sound, probably from the cylinders, because it had a slight oil leak). I decided to drive it to my brother's house to get a quart of oil for it.
I got about half a mile down the road, and it died, with a kerplunk, and wouldn't turn over at all. It sounded like the engine was frozen.
After I got it towed, I jacked up the car, and put a breaker bar on the main pulley. It wouldn't turn forward at all, but turned about 1 & 1/2 turns backward, and then 1 &1/2 turns forward. So, I figured my timing chain was screwed. I took off the valve head cover, and the chain is still on the top sprockets, and all seems intact, with plenty of tension. The sprockets and chain seem fine, as well as the guides. I couldn't see the bottom sprocket, so I turned the crank again, and noticed that the chain moved fine.
Now I'm stuck trying to diagnose what's wrong with it, so I know how to proceed further. I imagine it's possible that it jumped time when I was trying to start it, but it could be that I had a cylinder seize, because it was so low on oil.
What do you guys think? I'm having a mechanic buddy or two look at it within the next couple of days, but thought I'd get a second opinion here to gain some insight as to where to begin. It would also be helpful to get an idea as to what it might cost to get the parts and do this sort of thing myself.
Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time & consideration.
Best Regards,
Jerry
I have a '97 Saab 9000 CSE turbo, and have run into an issue with it recently. I believe that it's a timing issue, but I'll let you be the judge of that.
It all started when I was on my way back home...
My car said I had 74 miles left to an empty tank, when it seemingly ran out of gas. I've ran it t like 28 miles before I got gas though. It died about a mile from my brother's house, so I walked there and grabbed a gas tank out of the garage. As it turned out, it was 2 cycle gas. The car started, and then sputtered...
Once my step-dad finally showed up, I put some fresh gas in it, and then had to jump it for it to start, because the battery is so old. (The car is in need of some TLC). The engine sounded like it was running rough,(I heard a metal scrapping sound, probably from the cylinders, because it had a slight oil leak). I decided to drive it to my brother's house to get a quart of oil for it.
I got about half a mile down the road, and it died, with a kerplunk, and wouldn't turn over at all. It sounded like the engine was frozen.
After I got it towed, I jacked up the car, and put a breaker bar on the main pulley. It wouldn't turn forward at all, but turned about 1 & 1/2 turns backward, and then 1 &1/2 turns forward. So, I figured my timing chain was screwed. I took off the valve head cover, and the chain is still on the top sprockets, and all seems intact, with plenty of tension. The sprockets and chain seem fine, as well as the guides. I couldn't see the bottom sprocket, so I turned the crank again, and noticed that the chain moved fine.
Now I'm stuck trying to diagnose what's wrong with it, so I know how to proceed further. I imagine it's possible that it jumped time when I was trying to start it, but it could be that I had a cylinder seize, because it was so low on oil.
What do you guys think? I'm having a mechanic buddy or two look at it within the next couple of days, but thought I'd get a second opinion here to gain some insight as to where to begin. It would also be helpful to get an idea as to what it might cost to get the parts and do this sort of thing myself.
Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time & consideration.
Best Regards,
Jerry