Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:38:21 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: 88 900S, code interpretation
Art wrote: > By running terribly, I meant the car would hesitate and buck violently. It > wouldn't stall, but I had to put in the clutch to keep the car from shaking > apart. It started to occur about 15 minutes after start up, then would run > poorly for about 5 minutes, then the check engine light would go out and the > car ran fairly well again. Then the whole thing would repeat itself. > > After the air mass meter was replaced, the car is now running fine again, > but it was the comments from the mechanic that said there is the code I > mentioned lurking in the background, and it could start to show itself in > the car's performance at any time (or never). So in a nutshell, if the > symptoms do occur, what am I facing. Your diagnosis sounds promising if in > fact the ECU replacement isn't a big deal. There really aren't that many components in your fuel injection system. If it's running fine after replacing the AMM, that means that the AMM was faulty. It's very unlikely that the other code means anything is wrong. -- Grunff