Saab 93 Tid 2.2

celica1994

hey, im looking at a year 2000 saab 93 2.2 tid, - http://www.carzone.ie/search/200909191988879/advert

was just wondering if anyone could tell me a few things about the car as i am a complete virgin when it comes to saabs like, what bhp is the 2.2tid, mpg and reliability and such, any advise is welcomed

Eoin

I think that's supposed to be a pretty rough engine - even for a diesel. Not as much power as you'd hope for from a 2.2.

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/Detail.aspx?deriv=14770

galwaytt

I know someone with that engine in an 02 9-3.

Rough is the word. Not light on juice, either. He only gets low 30's - mind you, it's an import, so lord knows what sort of life it had before it got here........

The 1.9's are much better, and, cheaper to tax, too.

celica1994

yea ive heard sum mixed reactions to it, i dont mind paying the extra tax for an extra bit of bhp but from what im hearing is they are only 115bhp, sure i can get that from a 1.9, why would i wana pay for the extra tax, i think im not going to go with this car, cheers for the advise

bazz26

That's an old GM unit, there are many better diesel engines out there.

furtzy

Had this engine in a 03 vectra. It rough compared to modern common rail diesels but nice and torquey. I was getting about 35 - 40 mpg so its not that great on fuel. Its also fairly noisy and fairly dirty i.e lots of black smoke on acceleration. It suffers from 2 main faults i.e split fuel return pipes which results in very poor starting and also stuttering on full acceleration in top gear. Both are well known faults and easily fixed. There was a recent recall on the latter problem in with new firmware on the ecu to cut turbo boost on hard acceleration in top. Its an o.k engine but very old school. Its 125bhp

celica1994

im being honest, i cant really see the upside to owning one, i had a really nice 406 that i should never have sold and it had a bulletproof engine and so nice to drive

Eoin

I quite like SAABs, I just wouldn't get that one. The 95 is a very comfy car and you might get a better one for your money than a 93.

celica1994

id say the newer saabs are much better, but i dont think id touch the particular one i posted the link of

Eoin

celica1994 wrote: »

id say the newer saabs are much better, but i dont think id touch the particular one i posted the link of

The petrol ones aren't bad at all, and the 1.9 diesel one has the excellent FIAT engine.

What's your mileage like, and what are your criteria? You might get some good suggestions if you can flesh it out a bit.

Mycroft H

eoin wrote: »

I think that's supposed to be a pretty rough engine - even for a diesel. Not as much power as you'd hope for from a 2.2.

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/Detail.aspx?deriv=14770

ahh its not that bad of an engine.....

Its noisier then the vag 1.9tdi but easily gets 55+ mpg

Nice cruising engine

bazz26

celica1994 wrote: »

im being honest, i cant really see the upside to owning one, i had a really nice 406 that i should never have sold and it had a bulletproof engine and so nice to drive

Why not buy another one so?

http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200935195051488

celica1994

ha funny enough, thats the same colour one and the same alloys and everything on the one i had lol