Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 03:23:45 GMT From: "Buddy Donnelly" <donnellynopsamabay.rr.com> (Buddy Donnelly) Subject: Re: An irritation I need answered.
On Sat, 12 Dec 1998 20:45:40, Leslie Aust <laustnopsamdchoice.com> a =E9crit: >I live in Phoenix, Arizona. My 1996 Saab 900 s has exceeded my >expectations until I took a weekend trip to Flagstaff. The temperature >in Phoenix was 58F at the time but the problem arose on the morning I >stayed overnight in Flagstaff were the 6 am temperature was a nippy >13F. Starting the car was trouble. The engine would try it's best to >start but it would not. It was on the third attempt the engine finally >kept on going by itself but only at a sluggish 300 rpm. Car shook. >Pressing the accelerator revved the rpm over 1500 rpm and I held my foot >on it until I knew the engine was warm enough to be left idling. > >This was a month after my 35000 miles service. I reported this to my >dealership service dept. After not anything wrong they said to change >my fuel I was using. Stick to 92 octane of a well know brand. Which I >have done. > >This morning at a tepid 53F I started my car and the rpm dropped again >down to 800 rpm, shaking the car before I revved the engine again. > >Now I do not want to go back to the service people again and tell them >of my experience because they will probably not find anything again. At >all times the car acted like it should when the engine was warm. No >lights came on. No computer message. > >This is a cold weather car. > >Could it be just the fuel? and this morning was just the last of the >old dirty fuel left in the tank being burnt off!! > >The car is otherwise a solid reliable vehicle. > >Saab 900 s 96 automatic. I'd be looking at fuel contamination here. More than a few interstate locations (namebrand: Texaco) and a *lot* of off-interstate or off-brand locations will sell you gas that is loaded with water. Add a couple of bottles of drygas and shake the vehicle from side to side to try to get it mixed enough to run through the engine. Or else do the right thing and pull the fuel guage sending unit and test the bottom of the tank with the same pink paste they use at gas stations on the ends of those long poles. Any significant amount of water shows up, have the tank flushed and cleaned, and then stay away from bad brands. (I mention Texaco because they've been infamous even in Texas in the past. Have they cleaned up their act? I don't know.) Good luck, Buddy Buddy Donnelly donnellynopsamabay.rr.com
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