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Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 13:06:44 -0400
From: "Keyser Soze" <faradayincxxxspamnospamail.com>
Subject: Re: 91 9000 idle and starting help needed


"Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenospam.com> wrote in message news:ZfOYh.3759$H_.1542nospamsvr21.news.prodigy.net... >> Keyser Soze wrote: >>> >>> Hi. We have a friend who's 9000 "will start right up first thing in the >>> morning but after it warms up it will not idle. I give it gas and it >>> clears >>> up. If I turn it off it will start right up, but if I turn it off and >>> let it >>> sit for 15 minutes or longer I think the engine is flooded. I have >>> noticed >>> that I am getting poor gas mileage, per tank full. I don't know if there >>> is >>> a cold start injector or if there is a fuel regulator in the fuel >>> system." >>> Any suggestions from the group? Thanks... > > My 1991 9000 Turbo started acting oddly also. No "check engine" light, > but it would always stall about a mile away from my house. It turned out > to be a weak temperature sensor for the fuel injection system - about US$5 > and readily available at most car parts stores. It is on the firewall > side of the engine and a bit obscured. The temperature sensor on your > friend's car might be malfunctioning in the opposite mode, which would > cause the fuel injection to run rich (in keeping with the flooding and > poor fuel economy) because it thinks the engine is cold. Keep in mind > that this is a separate sensor than the easy to access one for the > instrument panel temperature gage, and these sensors have different part > numbers and electrical connectors. Good luck. Thank for your input.

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