Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:09:10 +0000 From: brad <bradnopsamam.brad3.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: HELP: 900i engine trouble
In article <#4t4AMcO$GA.295nopsam25s>, William <williamdnopsamet.nl> writes >Can anyone give me some tips ? >I own a 1987 900i (newer type nose). >After not using my car for 3 days it had difficulty starting yesterday and >when it finally did it ran OK on idle, but when I wanted to accelerate the >engine stopped. Also while starting it occasionally misfired. > I had something similar on my 1988 900i 16v. My friendly back street Saab mechanic fixed it by replacing the plug leads. He found that this was the problem by running the engine and spraying a fine mist of water over the leads - presumably with the plug cover plate taken off (if yours is an 8v I think the leads are exposed anyway). He could then see electric arcing (very small sparks) from the faulty lead - basically one cylinder didn't fire properly when it was wet. I'm afraid I can't tell you more as I wasn't there at the time, but do be careful if you decide to start spraying water on the engine. -- brad
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