Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 23:01:59 -0500 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: SAAB on 3 cylinders??
The acceleration is a joke, it feels like driving a Volvo 240 not a SAAB Turbo Make it a turbo Volvo and see which car crawls out of the light. I know, my Volvo is a turbo and my Saab is a 8 valve normally aspirated engine. Henrik Hjort wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > "Gavin Haslett" <thumper_svxnopsamo.com> wrote in message > news:384E6B5A.69A946D5nopsamo.com... > > The NG900's don't have spark plug wires... just a direct-ignition > > module sitting on top of the engine. > > > > Unless I misread his post...he seems to have a 95 900SE. > > > > -- > > Gavin Haslett > > thumper_svxnopsamo.com > > http://www.geocities.com/thumper_svx > > "Ahhhh... Mountain Dew... nectar of the geeks!" > > > > That's correct, they didn't change any wires. > When I had it in for repairs they tried a new > direct-ignition module,(that's the big red thing), > but they told me that that didn't work. > They changed the four, (what I thought was could > "sparking plugs"), small things that's under the direct-ignition > module. > One of them looked a little different then the others and > I thought that was the problem, but nooo... > > I will talk with my local SAAB repair shop tomorrow > and I hope we'll be able to localize my problem. > > I forgot to describe how the car runs when I think it > only uses 3 cylinders. > Symptoms: > A different sound from the engine, louder.. > The stering wheel vibrates, infact > the whole car vibrates more or less. > The acceleration is a joke, it feels like driving > a Volvo 240 not a SAAB Turbo. > When I accelerate the car vibrates a lot. > Sometimes I can hear the engine starting with > 3 cylinders but then "fix" it self and sometimes > I've to drive for 10-15 min before it starts to > run normally. > > Mvh Henrik > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 6.5.1i for non-commercial use <http://www.pgpi.com/> > > iQA/AwUBOE+uC/doW8LTVUfUEQJBUACfYaZT+COKrKN12KifCkRIGola4QQAoK4g > ucSxicwib0pNmrexEe0KYhG+ > =UStb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----