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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 20:53:52 -0500
From: "KeithG" <noonenopsamhlink.net>
Subject: Re: Power down after headgasket change


double check your cam timing. Pop the valve cover and make doubly sure that the timing marks line up. Other than that, check ignition timing. KeithG "R&LMieras" <rlmierasnopsamsplanet.net> wrote in message news:mj6r8.7850$hS3.429926nopsam0.telusplanet.net... > Greetings to the group. Question: Recently changed headgasket, timing > chain, chain tensioner, chain guides and lower drive sprocket on 1987 > 9000T. Engine has 240,000 kilometers on it and was healthy before the > headgasket blew. It is all reassembled and runs well again, boost is > normal, but power sometimes "pulses" and overall, car seems to lack it's > overall snap. I was reading the saab factory manual and it says that > when the timing chain is replaced the fuel injection system needs to be > recalibrated. For the life of me I cannot imagine why.... > Car sat for over a year before I finally fixed it. Any ideas on what > could be causing the loss of ooomph? Everything else seems normal, oil > press is about 55 PSI at 3000 rpm, temp is normal, fuel economy is also > a bit down from what it used to get. Any suggestions would be > appreciated. >

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