Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:27:23 +0000 (UTC) From: Craig's Saab C900 Site <c900nospam.apana.org.au> Subject: Re: bars leaks
Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> writes: >On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:02:47 GMT, Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> in article 3i0hsiFj946hU1nospamvidual.net, Dave Hinz at DaveHinznospamcop.net >> wrote on 23/06/2005 20:46: >> >>> I'm confused. How does the idle stop screw (yes?) adjustment matter, on >>> a car that running down the road? It's not idling then; that screw >>> doesn't enter into it. >> I see what you're saying ... I spend a lot of my time in idling traffic. >> That was my issue. When driving, yes, fine. Stuck in gridlock with a high >> idle is no fun ... and hot! >I'll drop the idle & see if that changes things. I suspect it won't, >but it should be fixed anyway. It was set high to compensate for the >HUGE vacuum leak, caused by the usual "newbie owner takes dash out to >poorly install radio, and pulls vacuum hose cluster and heater control >rod off of where they should be" mistake that the previous owner made. 8-) He he sounds familiar... The first time I took apart the dash of my C900 was quite an 'experience', but now it's routine and apart from the bugbear of needing to remove the left speaker each time I need to guide the heater control rod back into place on the control valve shaft (refer to "http://nospam/~c900/heatervalve.html" for more info about C900 heater control valve replacement), it's not too bad. lol >> No worries ... Strike that one. Let's promote cooling fan not running to >> number 3. ... Or 4. ;) > >There is no 4 ;) 8-) One way to check the cooling system appears to be working is by starting the engine and feeling the hoses every few minutes as the coolant starts to heat up. You should feel the hoses to the heater control valve warm up first, then the big hose to to expansion tank. Then the big hose at the top of the radiator should begin to warm up as the coolant does it's job and heated coolant starts to appear at the top of the radiator. What worries me about my C900's is that they both have the top radiator hose split half-way to install the additional thermo-switch housing that I believe is something to do with the air-conditioning controls (?). Those hoses get extremely stressed because they're both short and set up as two 90-degree bends, and one of them is quite swollen just from age and use. I'm trying to find a place which sells 1.25" ID silicone 90-degree 3 or 4-ply hose bends but so far have had no luck - only 1.5" ones and they're too big. Craig. -- Craig's Saab C900 Page --> http://nospam/~c900 Sydney, NSW Australia Craig's Saab C900 Workshop -- For all Saab C900 Enthusiasts world-wide! http://www.nospam.net http://www.nospam c900nospam.apana.org.au Come and explore our site, and check out our web-forums, mailing list, etc.
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