Date: 21 Sep 2003 17:29:11 -0700 From: shawnnopsamn.com (Shawn) Subject: Re: 90 Saab will not start
gregory trimper <trimpernopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:<exmbb.49741$Aq2.2773nopsamread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>... > Shawn wrote: > > > I found the AMM and checked the little wire and it appears > > to be OK. I sprayed it down with some cleaning fluid as well. > > This is a really bad idea: you want no fluids/solvents/cleaners/etc on > that wire. > > The proper procedure is to free the AMM/MAF housing, turn on the > ignition, and check to see if the wire glows. If it doesn't, then you > need to check both voltage to and resistance across the connectors. A > Bentley or other manual will help you in this test. > > > I pulled each spark plug to add the starting fluid. > > Also, not the best of ideas: by "starting fluid" do you mean ether? or > some other fluid? > I just checked the compression and found that two cylinders show less than 25 the other two are 75 and 90. I am going to assume that that is the real problem?!?!?!. Or is there something way different on a Saab?? > lycka till! > GTr