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Cooling & Gas Smell
Posted by Message from Donald.Douglas - http://saabnet.com/t (more from Message from Donald.Douglas - http://saabnet.com/t) on Sat, 13 Mar 2004 00:42:44
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00

I now own my 2nd 9000T (one of the great cars of our times). It was my
father's car and I've just 'inherited' it (I had a 1986 9000T, which I loved
until it hit about 225,000KM and I could not keep up with mechanical
problems). The car has two issues which are stumping all attempts at
diagnosis.

1) The engine temp literally wonders all over - the car runs stone cold
when the engine is under no load (e.g., cruising at slow speed or running
downhill) and heats up to almost mid temp gauge when going uphill or at
sustained high speeds. The garage has put in 3 thermostats (one each:
hot/med/cold set points) and there was no difference in behaviour (?). It's
-23C here today and it barely gets off the blue mark unless I'm on the
highway - I'm tired of being COLD (if the car did not have heated seats, I'd
be frozen stiff by now).

2) there is an intermittent STRONG smell of raw gas in the car. It
seems to come and go with no pattern (it does not correlate with having a
full tank). We've dropped the gas tank and replaced seals/gaskets and there
is no improvement.

Any/all suggestions will be most welcome!

Don Douglas (Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA)
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