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Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 17:52:52 -0500
From: "Trollhattan Auto Parts, Inc." <bobnopsamrtroll.com>
Subject: Re: fire in the air filter!
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Saab Guy:
saab guy wrote:
> Last night my son called and said he had run out of gas (85 Saab 900s)
> and that he would be a few minutes late getting home. This morning I
> went back with him to get the car. Since it is fuel injected, he
> thought it might have to have something special done to get it to start.
>
> When we got there, I smelled something burnt but did not say anything.
> Tried to start the car a couple of times and it would start but
> immediately died. Since we got almost three inches of rain last night,
> I thought things might be wet under the hood and popped the hood to
> check.
>
> Upon closer inspection, the air filter assembly had a hole melted in the
> side of it! I removed the unit and discovered that the entire assembly
> had been damaged and that the air filter was actually ASH!
>
> JT (my son) swears the car made no strange noises and that he did not
> notice anything unusual until the second that it quit. When it quit, he
> said the "gas" warning light came on.
>
> Questions:
> 1. WHAT could have caused this ... (mechanical fault ... operator
> error..., etc)?
Wow it's been a while since I have heard of this happening, however, it has
definitely happened before. I would not fault your son. When the fuel
distributor
starts to fail it will sometimes leak fuel from the bottom of the plunger
and this
will saturate the filter. If the filter is exposed to a spark it will
ignite and melt down...
>
> 2. Since he tried repeatedly to start the car (and I tried twice) how
> much damage did we likely do to the engine (like maybe allowing ash to
> be sucked in through the intake)?
I don't believe this will be a problem. I would replace the air box and
install a new filter,
afterwards I would inspect the fuel distributor for leakage and replace
accordingly.
One note I would never let the fuel go below 1/4 tank. This will help
prevent
picking up sediments...
Try Goldwing 800.722.2137 for the used parts, and we can help with a filter
# 93 18 502 :$ 8.95...
Cheers,
Bob
>
> 3. Has this ever happened to anyone else?
> 4. Any suggestions on finding a used unit to replace this one?
>
> The car is perfect, cosmetically, but we just spent almost $1800 because
> he bent the shift linkage when he hit a really big curb (also had the
> clutch, etc. replace while it was down.
>
> Any suggestions or advice regarding the care and feeding of this machine
> (the Saab... not JT) would be greatly appreciated!
>
> you can e-mail me at Return to Main Index
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