Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:51:56 GMT From: James Sweet <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: [Saab c900] Start, Fires, Dies
mrcheerful . wrote: > "sweller" <swellernospamch.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message > news:xn0ehs054htlhz000nospam.individual.net... > >>Ho hum. >> >>After a productive afternoon replacing the defective heater valve I had >>my 1985 8 valve injected 900 idling away quite happily to get up to >>temperature so I could check for coolant leaks. >> >>The car idles a bit too fast so I took the opportunity to just back off >>the throttle stop a touch. It started to hunt then died. No worries >>thought I, just speed it a little... >> >>It now starts on all four cylinders, runs for a second or two then dies. >> >>Throttle position has no effect. It was low on fuel but now has over two >>gallons, the pump in the tank can be heard to run for a few seconds and >>then stops, fuel reaches the filter and is under pressure. >> >>The car ran perfectly this morning. >> >>Ideas? I'm a bit stumped and it's in the way where it is at the moment. >> Is this CIS injection? If so, it might be a plugged control pressure regulator, unplug the starting injector and see if the car still starts at all. I've been cleaning up a very similar mess on a '79 Volvo, the car sat and the inside of the fuel filter rusted apart and puked a whole mess into the injection system.
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