Saab Conundrum. Some Vauxhall Interest, Also Fiat, Alfa etc.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Threads like this scare the shit out of me.

Through necessity , I have a high mileage turbot diesel that I paid £9,000 for and is like a time bomb on the drive, luckily I don't have any finance on it, but that is only because some nice Polish lady wrote my Chrysler 300 off .

It had 117,000 on it when I bought it in October I'm up to 144 now and I'm hoping for 200 before the turbos give up or summat.

It's inevitable I'll have to spend out on it but hopefully not a complete engine, I'm pretty sure a 3.0 Dizzler BM lump will be a bit more than £1500.

I'd love to be going to work in a W126 or an old Lexus but unfortunately licensing regulations don't allow such cut price indulgences.

[twosmoke300]

Everyone I've known with a SAAB/Vauxhall 2.2 DTi/TiD and/or Fiat Multijet/CTDi has been well and truly rinsed though epic engine failure. They're shite.

 

I've never heard of an engine failure on the 2.0 or 2.2 . Injector pumps ( Bosch ) yes but never engines .

[Pillock]

To be fair, if Cavcraft pay a visit and bring petrol+matches, then it's not fraud. It's business.

[Barry Cade]

The TTiD is a 1.9, and a Fiat Lump...Even has a  Lancia badge stamped in the block.

[forddeliveryboy]

Threads like this scare the shit out of me.

 

I'd love to be going to work in a W126 or an old Lexus but unfortunately licensing regulations don't allow such cut price indulgences.

 

There's only one answer - change job.

[Stroller133]

I really want to drive one of these TTIds, on the whole I want to stay in petrols from now on, but if these do a real 50mpg I'd have one. I think Saab developed the twin turbo application and now GM have kept the concept. Not sure on mileage on this one, but last year when I was looking £5 would have bought a 90k+ example.

[2MB]

You can't really go wrong for a fiver

[Barry Cade]

In the case of the saab ttid most of us would probably have to do thingse same thing; if you borrow money to buy a car you can't afford to throw it away when it breaks unfortunately.

(All three of my cars have cam chains for this reason)

[Barry Cade]

All back together and good to go. Drives...well... like a new car. 53 MPG on the trip computer on the test run and plenty of oomph, even though I was keeping the revs down.  A thoroughly bloody nice car, but still not sure what I'd have done if it were mine. I suppose if I could have bought it for a grand the way it was, and put 1500 into it for a new engine it'd have been well worth it. Hmmm.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Impressive work Barrington McCade 14/10

[Asimo]

WTF is that engine (that I definately don't want to own) with all of those chains?

[Lacquer Peel]

I think it's an Audi V8.

VAG timing chains aren't great, my friend bought an R32 recently that needs new chains at a relatively low mileage, the previous owner disguised the rattle with thick oil.