Date: 13 Oct 2004 13:57:45 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: 9-5 2.3lpt PCV/breather hose burst
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:40:10 +1300, Richard Sutherland-Smith <richard.ssnospamr.net.nz> wrote: > In message <I5Hpz2.Av6nospamove.se> > hohnospamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) wrote: >> >> Yes. Any failure that lets extra air in after it has meen through the >> air mass meter will create more or less problems for the engine management. >> If you let enough air in the engine will simply not run. > > Surely 9-5s do not have an AMM!! They stopped using them during the 9000 > run, and I assume all this work is now done by the sensing plugs and the > Trionic system? You're confusing timing with mixture. The engine management still needs to know the mass of the air in the chemical reaction so it can put the right amount of fuel into the chambers; the sensing plugs are for determining when to fire the spark. Dave Hinz