Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 02:12:16 +0100 From: "Girotec" <girotecnopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Stalling on turns.
My old ,81 saab 900 had some strange problems like yours. It turned out to be the fuel pump. Timothy Costar <timcostarnopsamnt.ca> wrote in message news:sd9P2.76310$Mb.31203232nopsamcontent-02.sprint.ca... > Have an '86 Saab 900 that has developed a nasty habit of stalling on long > left hand turns (particularly if on an upward incline). Turning over the > starter will get it going again as soon as I pull out of the curve. When > this first occurred, I kept driving and eventually it stopped on me > completely. I thought it must be a fuel injection problem and had to be > towed. Then I thought maybe I had run out of gas and the indicator wasn't > functioning. I filled the tank , it took a total of 23 litres, and the car > ran fine until it got down to about the same level (two thirds of a tank > full) when again it would stall out on turns (always a left hand). > Obviously the stalling is a result of fuel starvation but ...why??? and why > always on a left turn. At the moment I am filling the tank as soon as it > drops below three quarters full and that seems to work. It's getting a > little bit annoying though! Anyone have any thoughts as to why this is > happening and how to go about correcting it? > > Thanks > > Tim Costar > >