Saab’s are well built cars they have good engines, and a large enough highly committed community of specialty mechanics to support your needs. Saab will cost a bit more to maintain your than you will for many other vehicles, but for most drivers, the excellent handling, safety, and gas mileage of their Saab makes this worthwhile. With that said, the love relationship can quickly turn sour if an engine failure occurs. What do you do? Do you look at remanufactured engines? Do you search for low mileage used engines? That’s what this article is about. We want to give you the information needed to remedy the situation with their Saab engines, and get them back on the road quickly.
First, let’s determine why used engines are better for Saab’s than remanufactured engines. There are two main reasons, both of which are hugely important. First, price. The price on a used Saab engine is going to be much lower than the price on a remanufactured Saab engine. Secondly, if you buy a low mileage used engine for your Saab, the quality will be much higher. When you buy a low mileage Saab used engine, you are getting OEM parts with very low wear – not reconditioned parts mixed with new parts.
In the last ten years, Saab has had several major lines. The Saab 9-2X (the engines used were the 2.0L EJ205 and the 2.5L EJ25) was offered in 2005-2007 model years, the Saab 9-3 began in the 1999 Model year and continues through today (with too many engine variations to list here), the Saab 9-5 has been produced since 1998, 9-7X SUV was produced from 2005-2008, and the 9-4X began sales for the 2009 model year.
Here is a hint: Saab doesn’t produce many of its own engines any more. The Saab 9-2X, for example, uses Subaru engines. The Saab 9-7X SUV uses the same 4.2L and 5.3L engines that go into the GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, Chevy Trailblazer, and Isuzu Rainier. The Saab 9-3 and Saab 9-5 have true Saab engines in them, are thus the rarest, and thus the most expensive Saab engines. These are the Saab engines on which you will save the most money buying used.
Knowing that you can save a lot of money on a good used Saab engine, we must now also consider the fact that you can have a bad experience buying a used Saab engine. There are many ways this can happen, but the most common is through seller deception. There are supply companies selling used engines with great quality control systems in place. There are also companies who prey on people who are caught between a rock and a hard place.
With that in mind, eliminate any possibilities of purchasing a bad engine, GotEngines.com puts their Saab engines through several rigorous pre tests to certify that you will get a good used engine with low miles that is a drop in application. Call 1-877-268-0664 for more information.
[...] http://www.gotengines.com/blog/saab-engines-for-sale/saab-engines-engines/The Saab 9-7X SUV uses the same 4.2L and 5.3L engines that go into the GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, Chevy Trailblazer, and Isuzu Rainier. The Saab 9-3 and Saab 9-5 have true Saab engines in them, are thus the rarest, and thus the most … [...]