Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 14:24:57 -0400 From: "Brett and Tracey Kimmel" <bert.kimmelnopsam.net> Subject: Re: Poor idle, sluggish 900S
Mine does the exact same thing. From what I understand, this is suppose to be normal at start up. Mine however stalls the first couple of times so I am going to replace the fuel pressure regulator to assist with that. Larry Palmer wrote in message ... >I recently bought a 87 900 S with 150k. All is well except for two things. >On the first start of the day with the temp 50f to 70f the engine hunts for >an idle speed for 30 seconds to 1 minute or two. The idle speed ranges from >1500 rpm to stall unless I give it a little throttle at the right time. >After two minutes it runs and idles fine. > >The other problem is a lack of power above 3000 rpm. It is increasingly >noticeable in each gear from 1st to 5th. The car has more power at 60 mph >in 5th then at 60 mph in 4th. It feels peppy at speeds up to 30 but feels >sluggish as the speed increases. A new muffler (the one after the catalytic >converter) helped some. Could a bad catalytic converter cause this problem? >Gas mileage is about 29 mpg. > >Larry > >
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