Saab 9-5 HOT Aero's noisy drive belt leads to EVERY component being replaced
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2023
- Just after we bought our bargain Saab 9-5 Aero the drive belt started making an awful noise. So we replaced the PAS pump as the fluid looked bad and to air con compressor as it wasn't powering up. Still noisy... so we did the tensioner, idler, water pump and harmonic balancer. STILL noisy. So we did the alternator, which took seven hours.
This was a real grind but thankfully we got there in the end and with all new drive belt components it's good to go for a long time yet.
More work to do but it's usable! - Авто та транспорт
When you like a channel so much you hit like before the video even starts.
That’s me
Sitting in my hotel room in northern Cambodia, beer in hand watching an old Saab getting fixed. Life's good 👌
I said in the last video comments your pressing the wrong buttons and I still think that lol. The ECO/economy button turns on and off the AC.
Another great video, but Feckin Hell Scottie you've got some patience, I'd of torched the thing😂
950 for the car and another king's ransom for the bits and a whole load of ballache and headscratchng later and success and kenzo looks his usual happy self lol good work dougie.
That was a rabbit hole and a half, at 53 minuets in when you were struggling with the alternator I thought you was going to just pour some petrol over the car and light it, lol. Great to watch and I'm glad it's coming together for you. Cheers Once Driven.
Jeeeez! I’m really amazed how patient you were through that whole video, I was expecting one hell of a lot of beep noises to blank out the swearing ha ha
Dougie, you have the patience of a saint! 😂 Hopefully all good now though and give you a few trouble free miles 👍
One Driven Forever Swedish ! 🤣 love your determination Dougie ! Great long video as always 👍well done
Hole in water pump is supposed to be a fail safe feature...basically if pump bearing starts to fail you will get water dripping out that Hole and onto ground..your then supposed to notice it and think that's water pump ..but in my 39yrs experience as a mechanic I've never had a customer say to me my pump bearing is failed...as for pump gasket...very thin layer of gasket sealer should allways be used ..
You should never spray wd40 into the alternator as it disolves the grease in the bearings.
I did it once and it made a right racket and then i quickly sprayed spray grease into the alternator and the noise disappeared for good.
The hole in the water pump is there to let the water out when the seals inside the water pump fail.
If this hole was not there, it would go into the engine instead, which ain't good.
Great video dougie.
Nice work, you have a hell of a lot of patience for sure
Another great video has always Dougie 👍
Very enjoyable video to watch! Well Done👍
Cracking work Dougie
Brilliant video mate really enjoyed it
I agree they are lovely cars when they're running well but they can also be needy, foutery bastards when they're not. Bill Thomson at Saabits in Perth is the go-to place for parts or if you're down south, Haagstrom Saab or RonSaabLeeds. I also use Upullit in Inverkeithing as they always have a selection of Saabs in. Looking forward to more videos on this one 👍
Epic amount of knuckle skinning work Dougie
Dougie, this was an excellent well put together video. Although I’m not a Saab fan, the way you edit things made me tune in and watch the full hour. Good man
Love it....Gives an incentive to get the 9000 cse finished👍🏻
Cracking work Dougie 👏 no wonder so many of these end up binned.
Nice 1 dougie great video 👌👍
That is a brilliant video Dougie, so much information and work arounds. I bet if you were using the manual you would lose the lid and head for the pub! Great job, and the parts bill sounds reasonable, car had already had suspension done, and you got it for a good price. Should give a few good years service yet 👍🏴😎
Another Brilliant Video Dougie, worth doing all the work to make it better.
Top video ,real fly on the wall content.Those Saab dash vents with the sliding gratings are pretty groovy ,thanks for the upload.
Bob is such a legend
Great job, fair play sticking with it because she will be worth it.
You make it look so easy would take me a million years to do that haha
Bob needs own channel.....
A solid car...excellent stuff admire your work
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Top marks for perseverance and effort..what a job though..
Great video Dougie keep hold off the old parts am sure you can replace the bearings on them great to see you have the old Saab back on the road❤
Superb channel 👍
They take alot of work but so worth it in the end
If you want the engine to last remove the sump and clean the oil pick up the b204 b205 are prone to it clogging worth doing
Very good video. Thank you. As a Saab lover, for over 30 years I am biased :)
That outside temp sensor could stop your air con not working. It has happened to me before. Have just saw the ending🤣🤣
You’re doing really well with this one Dougie, it looks to be a very complicated engine to work on!!.
Great video Dougie, as always. I feel your pain working on these things, there’s nothing worse than doing a load of work only to find the problem still exists, then doing it again, and again 😅😅. No harm done though, the water pump was definitely noisy, as was that tensioner and the PS pump needed to be replaced so, at least you know it’s all done now. Personally, for how hard it was to change the alternator, I would have put a new one in, or at least got the original rebuilt.
fair play to you for tackling them jobs Dougie. Looked a pain in the Rear. think the Saab could become my favourite along with the omega
Seriously wish I had your energy and motivation dougie 😂 just getting my vectra steering wheel off tested my patience enough , that'll be a great runner when it's all fixed 👍
My god what a pita, you have the patience of a saint.
Good Job 👍
Exact same with my 207 horrendous noise from the pulley area. Turned out it was the alternator bearings but still worked perfectly.
Ahh recognise that ticking manifold sound from the old 2.0 ecotec days!
I ran Falkens on my car for well over a decade until they stopped making the ZE914's I liked. They are really a good tyre for the money.
I've never owned one of these modern Saabs. Someone I knew described them as a more convoluted Vectra in disguise.
Bob's the true star Dougie! Seriously though love the detail, I think by the second pulley I'd have walked.
I don't think there's much left to do you've done it all looool
Another great video and good work Dougie. I'm heading out to take the engine out the calibra. Bloody piston bearings are rattling and no compression in one cylinder. Oh happy days 😊
I am a long-time Saab fan, but I no longer own one.
I often used Schoneville Saab / RR in Glasgow for parts and servicing.
Another interesting video.
The six million dollar Saab , we have the technology we can rebuild him , well done that man
Another star video dougy, what a job the saab seems to work on but we'll done for perseverance. I'm sure it will be a great and rewarding car for you after all graft.
Kinda reminds me of the Bernard cribbins song "right said fred", substitute house for saab😂
My dad used to work in a Saab only garage and he said they’re easier to work on than most cars 🤣🤣 after watching this I’m not sure now 😂
I have done all of this. I have 4 of these cars. Started counting mistakes with the WD-40. It's crap. Never use it and certainly never spray it into an alternator. The coolant pump housing absolutely must come off. The o-rings must be replaced. The exhaust studs do not need Helicoils. The threads in the head can be preserved by drilling out with a left handed bit of smaller diameter and an EASY-OUT. I drill out a broken stud to use as a guide but you can buy a kit. Also, as long as you are thst far into it, replace the radiator. At less than $150US, it's worth it to avoid future aggravation. They fail on the hot side. The heat coming off the engine breaks down the plastic tanks. Heat from that turbo will also cook the battery. That's what the battery box is for. There is a vent under the battery tray to blow cold air into the box. Put the box back on. It's not just cosmetic.
I can see you becoming a Saab man!
That Saab fought you tooth and nail the whole 10 rounds.
Hello top work 👍
Stabbing the oil filter...I used always do that 😍
Bloody fantastic job bud!
Well done mate, that looked proper stressful. Still, feels good once it back together and fixed.
Respect!
I did the manifold bolts. You don't need to helicoil. Just a small drill bit down the centre and some easy outs. The bolts snap because of heat cycles not because they are stuck in the cylinder head.
Done a few water pumps on 9-5s and they are a pig to do, but have never taken the exhaust manifold off to do one or the ac pump. Just a load of intake piping to remove and made myself a special tool out of one of rhose bendy S type spanners to get access required
Despite the issues although it's nearly 20 years old the Saab is the best car you have and good on fuel for a 2.3 petrol
Well done Dougie, I've got the same noises on my 93 ,I'm going for the alternator 1st
😅🤸😄🤸😀🤸😀👍
pro saab tip change to the long drive belt as it was originaly before it was recomended to swap to short belt around 2004 sometime. and replace the old tensioners. it makes the car run alot smoother and less noisy and theres less stress on all parts with the longer drive belt. then you use the extra tensioner in the middle. that on most of theese old saabs havent been used in 15 years. so that needs to be replaced/installed aswell
That nova on the lorry your new project 👍
It's been on the channel for ages there's video of it last year. Needs the fuel tank dropping as it's starved of fuel
What a mission,lucky big Kenzo was on hand 😂
Vid pops up and it’s a solid hour - oh yes 👍 😊
thanks for the vid, and thanks for making sure i dont ever buy a saab, what a mess all those aux system is. will stick with my volvo t5's
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If nobody has told you take the rear inner plastic arch liners off and have a look 👍 as a Saab owner and FB group member we all have rot trouble in the rear inner arches lots end up parted out because of rot 👍
That waterpump job looked like a right fuckin arse, some bright spark at Saab got that design approved too 😂 Fair play to ye Dougie, she'll be a mint yoke now.
Hole in the pump is a weep hole so if the shaft bearings fail you get advanced warning before everything goes wrong.
My 02 Aero Auto gets through front tyres every 10k miles. However, thats a lot of dhort local trips and maneouvring. Pretty sure it would be better if I was going motorway miles.
Michelin Pilot Sport 2 Extra Load work well, though I once drove an Aero saloon with a complete mix of tyres I did not recognise and it handled really well.
Mine has 163k miles and the suspension is somewhat tired but still solid.
Alayys get blue smoke on startup parked nose down on my slightly sloping drive. Don't remember needing to top up oil between annual services. Might have been once on 18 years during a period of gasket leaking just to be sure for the last 2 weeks before the service.
Door mirror electric adjustment and reverse dipping fail can be due to the control switch. Try cleaning the contacts in the switch.
Reverse sensors were very expensive when one of mine failed. Identical after market option were much cheaper - 1\10th the price - but I ended up having to change them all to get something that sort of work intermittently and generally has a mind if its own.
It is desperately poor design when it is that difficult to change an alternator. Having an old car that is easy to work on is a real bonus and on my Bmw e30, an alternator removal and refitting takes about 40 minutes. Nevertheless a really enjoyable video.
What a graft dug
I was going to get one of these Saabs, and I called up a SAAB guy down in Loanhead, who'd obviously had a bad day, and he was all - even if it's not knackered you cannae get parts, they dinnae even make the parts yet, dinnae get one. I didn't. I got a wallet-vacuuming S124 merc instead.
Behind the cir clip is the oil pump
New to your channel.
Great content
Lovely motor btw
Don't have nightmares when you can have daymares😅
burnout in the saab b4 new tyres 👍
Dougie you have worked hard I hope it works out seeing as fault finding can be as hard as the physical work itself?
Holy molly I felt your pain watching the video
Bloody hell Dougie that must’ve been a pain in the arse. The older Saabs were a lot easier to work on
2am...wot a trooper and hardly a swear word along the way.....i was feeling your pain. Shame the alternator was the culprit and sods law the last part you went to......
The relief when you did the job. Thats what makes DIY car mechanics great despite the blood sweat n tears.
Be good if you can tell us prices for all major parts Dougie.
Is Bob your cat or a neighbours???? Love seeing Bob pop up.
I'd expect that external air temp sensor will not help with the air con fault, so I'd be resolving that issue.
Poor Bob just wants some attention in the last clip 😿😹
That’s some dedication mate, I think I would have called it many unsavoury names. 😂
the only thing thats stops your car is the little plasic idler wheel, , it spinns double speed compared with the others.
I wont be buying a Saab! You have some patience Dougie.
Someone should come up with a set of universal vibration sensors you can fit as an extra to a car telling you when it detects more vibration than usual from a sensor.
"Not turn up in a Cavalier that looks like its been dipped in acid" PMSL
Are you pressing the correct buttons to switch on the Air - Con. ?
With them tools I offered you I got the tool to fit crack Oil seal
Matrin at Central Saab Bonnyrigg for all things Saab
Stethoscope can come in handy 😅
Do you never use the iveco anymore?
I still think you got a good deal on the car. For the price you paid there would always be some work to do, and although it was a faff at least it wasn't £££.
You've had more problems with this one than i think every saab ive ever had combined
Lovely cars but so awkward to work on top man Dougie !
Put saab lump in the nova 👍🏻
Is that Principal Skinner from The Simpsons.