blown head, bad fan realy ( hook up the fan to a cabin switch)
tranny cooler in lower rad hose, if the plastic swirler is melted things are bad,
in my 4 door , it made the tranny bad, and also the heatercore failed.
dont drive it if it overheats Lamont, you big dummie ; )
Heyall...
>
> New to this Saab thing. I have the opportunity to pick up a '91 900 STD
> 4D for beans. It's an automatic (yuk), but it rides really nice and has
> little to no rust and a nice interior (Would be my first 4 door) The
> problem is that when driving it I noticed that the temp was a little
> high. I checked the coolant and it seems to have some petrolium in it.
> The owner (a buddy) said that it blew a couple of hoses, but he hasn't
> flushed the coolant for a couple of years. It's quite obvious that it
> either has a blown head gasket (seems to be quite common on this motor -
> what's it called a 212B?) or a leaking trans cooler. The trans seems OK,
> but it acts funny when cold for about 10 seconds or so. Oh yeah, and it
> has the seemingly common parking brake sticking problem, not the good
> thing when you are trying to take the old lady for a ride and you have to
> put the hurt on the poor trans to get it back in the driveway - test
> drive over before it began. ;)
>
> So here are the questions:
>
> The price is $375US. If I flush the colling system and change the oil
> (it doesn't seem to have any coolant in the oil - strange but I'll get to
> that later), I think I can determine how bad the head gasket is. Does
> this motor have head warping problems? How about the tranny... If I
> want a Saab should I hold out for a manual? (Haven't had an automatic
> since my first vehicle :) ) Is it difficult to change the head gasket on
> this 16v? It doesn't puke coolant when it's running (out of the overflow
> anyway, it does when I take the cap off, but I've never owned a *closed-
> type* cooling system before) so...
>
> Thoughts, suggestions? I have 'till tomorrow to decide, otherwise it
> gets donated... It would seem to make a nice replacement for the '91
> Escort GT with 345,000 miles that seems to have just fallen apart in the
> last six months (brake calipers, exhaust (again), valve seals, timing
> belt replacement time, motor mounts etc.)
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -Jeff
>
> BTW remove the DONTSPAMMME from the email if you want to reply that way.
> I will keep up on the group ;)
>