Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 12:30:49 -0000 From: davehinznopsamcop.net Subject: Re: Hydraulics..Help needed fast
Malcolm William Mason <arpicnopsammail.com> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > Saab is '92 9000S sedan > I have learned that the Saab hydraulic system interconnects or shares fluid > with the clutch. This surprises me. (I am a mechanical engineer) but they > are better designes than I could hope to be. On this subject; the reason is so that if you are leaking brake fluid, before you find out about it by not having brakes, you'll learn about it by the clutch not working as well - normally a much safer way to find out. Your "pedal sticking on the floor" failure mode isn't normal, and I can't explain it...but that's the reason behind the shared reservoir. > My considered opinion is that it is not a cylider or a leak. But I cannot > even conjecture what it must be. If you're losing fluid, (are you?), it's going somewhere, but if you can't see a leak, ... > Please, please someone with knowledge of the Saab's hydraulics pleasehelp so > that I will not in ignorance permit my repairer to replace the entire > hydraulic system. If he can't explain what's happening either, he's probably not the right person to be working on it. Do you have any Saab specialists (dealers or independants) in your area? What is your area, maybe someone here knows... Dave Hinz
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