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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 00:49:07 GMT
From: "Dan" <dpoello1nopsamy.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Help! 97 900s nightmare


Check if the gauges go dead when the car won't start. This problem is often caused by an intermittent open in the ignition switch (electrical), and the most obvious thing to see is that the instrument panel lights are out and the fuel and temp gauges are inop. "Wells" <davidnopsamog.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:1003572290.17157.0.nnrp-02.9e986ce2nopsam.demon.co.uk... > > Hi > > I'm at the end of my tether. My 1997 Saab 900s has a habit of inexplicably > cutting out at random. If I try to restart it everything lights up ok, it > turns over but will not fire. I have replaced the distributor and cap. There > is fuel there under pressure, but I have noticed when it has cut out, the > tachometer does not move at all when I am trying to start it. If I remove > the pump fuse and try and start it I get a reading on the tacho. I have 12 > volts at the coil so can only assume there is no pulse. Is this more likely > to be the engine position sensor or the ECU giving up? There are no error > codes showing. Can I test them? What do I do next? > > Many thanks > > David Wells > > >

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