1998 Saab 900 Timing belt or chain?

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Fri 31 Mar 2006 00:06
1998 Saab 900 Timing belt or chain? - dodo
Right have just bought beautiful 3 door 1998 Saab 900 s 2 litre from my neighbour. He can't tell me about the last timing best change (the car has 98000 miles). Methinks I read somewhere that this engine has a timing chain. Was it cheap at £1000? One owner, alloys etc
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Fri 31 Mar 2006 00:26
1998 Saab 900 Timing belt or chain? - local yokel
www.thesaabsite.com/900new/NG900timing4cyl2.htm suggests it is chain driven.

Do a search on completed sales on Ebay, and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised - that money would only fetch a car two years older.
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Fri 31 Mar 2006 07:58
1998 Saab 900 Timing belt or chain? - Armitage Shanks {p}
It is a chain but you need to give it a good supply of very nice clean oil, ie regular servicing!
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Fri 31 Mar 2006 11:54
1998 Saab 900 Timing belt or chain? - DougB
Hi - Sounds like a good buy.

Saab now recommend only fully synthetic oil in these engines.

Regards DougB.
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Fri 31 Mar 2006 14:08
1998 Saab 900 Timing belt or chain? - dodo
Thanks for this. I am geeting it serviced on Monday so will treat the engine to a fully synthetic refill. Delighted with the chain rather than the belt -bad experiences with an Audi A4!
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