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Does a used DI cassette (in the trunk 4 yrs) ever fail? Posted by John Fitzgerald [Email]  (#77)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from John Fitzgerald) on Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:40:59
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Driving last week, had classic DI symptoms - hesitation, stumbling in a couple of gears, poor boost performance, then - silence, a battery light glowing on the dash as the engine quit.
We coasted to a stop, opened the trunk, and installed the used (old) red cassette. The engine cranked like a bandit, seemed to try to fire a few times, but wouldn't start. Towed the car home, ordered a crank position sensor from eEuroparts and waited.
Installed the CPS today. Â No start, cranks and cranks. Â Didn't have any moaning from fuel pump (it's original with 199k mi) ... so before I order either $420 DI or ???, curious if the years of bouncing around in the trunk have ever ruined a previously used DI. Â It was certainly old when I replaced it, the 'spark plug burn-off' function had ceased, which is one of my warning signs to prepare for a replacement DI.
Any thoughts?
John
'97 9000 Aero 199,000
Many prior 9000's, an '80 99, and a '73 96
_______________________________________ John Burlington, Wisc '73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK '80 99 bought new, sold after 20 years/192,000mi '86 9kT picked up at Trollhatten, sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi '87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi '94 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi '95 Aero 146,xxx mi sold '98 CSE 248,xxx mi gave it away '97 Aero 317,xxx mi my daughter’s school car … gave away [we put 300k mi on it] still driving: '97 CSE 170xxx mi 'project car' for myself and my daughters to drive '07 9-3 2.0T 240xxx '08 9-5 191xxx mi my wife's daily driver and a couple of 'non-Saabs': '01 Suburban 201,xxx mi '03 BMW 330 Cic 84,xxx mi '14 Mercedes E350 103,xxx mi
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