Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:28:42 -0400 From: "Leo Gibbons" <lgibbonsnopsamenetme.net> Subject: Re: engine won't keep running when warm
Does your car stall when you decelarate, as in coming to a stop? I had the same problem & had to have the "dump valve" replaced. Leo G. Tim T. <timtnopsamler.iaehv.nl> wrote in message news:7efuu1$1r3$1nopsamler.iaehv.nl... > Hi, > > since my last service, my 1987 Saab 900 turbo has developed some > strange behaviour: > > If I drive the car until the engine is warm, then park the car > for about an hour or so, the engine will start just fine, but > stall whenever I release the accellerator. I can easily restart > it, but it will keep doing so until I've either driven about a > quarter mile or the engine is fully warm (i.e the temperature > sensor has left the white area at the bottom.) Basically, it > feels as though the stationary speed of the engine is just a bit > too low in this temperature range. > > Does anybody have any suggestions about possible causes ? > > Also, I'm rather confused about the fuel capacity of this car: > the manual states 60 liters, which given the known fuel > consumption of this car (10 km to the liter) would translate to > around 600 km effective range. However, the fuel meter shows the > tank as empty after about 400 km, and the tank will take around > 40 liters at that point. Is this a bad float, or is the tank > really around 40 liters. > > Thanks, > > TimT. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > timtnopsamler.iaehv.nl Voodoo Programmer/Keeper of the Rubber Chicken > "All we are saying is, "Give pizza chants." > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
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