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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:56:43 GMT
From: "jim" <lintznopsam.net>
Subject: Re: elusive drivability problem ('85 900T)
possible the fuel pump is going bad such as the diaphram or springs that are
used in it Jim
Tom Reed wrote in message ...
>Hi --
>
>My '85 900T 16v has got me scratching my head right now. Maybe someone's
>seen the symptoms before and can help.
>
>* Car occasionally stumbles/cuts out for just a second or two.
>* This happens mostly (but not always) between 20 - 30 mph, and tends to
get
>worse and worse until the car is shut off and allowed to sit for several
hours.
>* In between stumbles, I can depress the clutch pedal and rev the engine up
as
>much as I want.
>* Does not seem to happen when the car is cold
>* There may be the pattern of the symptoms being exhibited for a few days,
>followed by normal running for about a week.
>* Often (but not always) the symptoms seem to occur when the engine is at
>fairly high rpm with little load (such as when going downhill and engine-
>braking).
>* Loss of fuel economy.
>* Strong smell of gasoline/exhaust, which seems to occur almost
independently
>of the other symptoms.
>* I once before noticed similar symptoms when I mistakenly left the gas cap
at
>the gas station.
>* Chaging the fuel filter seemed to help a little
>
>Does anyone have any ideas/guesses? (please and thank you).
>
>
>Tom R. treednopsamir.csustan.edu
>
>"The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland,
>but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman."
> --Alan Perlis
>
>
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