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Throttle body cleaner & intake manifold cleaner would be a good Posted by John Fitzgerald [Email]  (#77)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from John Fitzgerald) on Sun, 11 Feb 2001 23:38:17
In Reply to: engine hesitation, Cameron, Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:25:26 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
idea, too. A very thorough kit, made by BG products, is available at Andrew's (800-882-7220) for about $50 -- it's a three step process, with the throttle body, manifold, injectors, fuel pump & lines cleaned very completely. I've done it and will continue to make it part of a 30k major maint type service. Buying quality gas (major name brand) is a proven way (via BMW intake valve testing and Consumer Reports magazine) to minimize injector fouling.
Another approach is timing: My 86 & 87 9kt's are very sensitive to timing with certain sparkplugs -- off a degree or more with Bosch Plus 4's = exactly what you're mentioning.
Regarding your selection of aftermarket rotor & dist cap: not worth the couple of dollars you save each year. I could take a paragraph to decribe the breakdown characteristics of a rotor which slowly shatters while driving my 80 99 -- suffice it to say it was the only time in 20 + years of all Saabs that it happened and it was the first (and last) time I used anything besides OEM Bosch. Yes, I've always carried a spare rotor and cap in the trunk since then (along with bulbs, plugs, a serpentine belt, duct tape, wire, etc).
_______________________________________ 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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