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RE: Just about had enough - '84 Saab 900
Posted by John Cooper (more from John Cooper) on Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:55:39
In Reply to: Just about had enough - '84 Saab 900, Paul Brusen, Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:02:22
> > But advice... I need some desperately. After sitting for
> the night, I =
> > went to start the car and it coughed as I turned it over
> and caught and =
> > ran for a second or two, then stalled. After that no
> cranking will get =
> > it close unless I let it sit again for some time. It
> behaves exactly =
> > like it's flooded. I try starting without touching the gas, I try =
> > pumping the gas once, I try floored, I try in between... makes no =
> > difference. Can anyone please help me? I'm very frustrated and am =
> > thinking of becoming an 'Former-Saab Owner'.=20
>
If this car has been sitting for a while (months), the air flow sensor or
the fuel regulator could be stuck, in which case the injectors are
delivering a fixed, too great amount of fuel at cranking speeds. Pull off
the rubber bellows between the air flow sensor and the throttle (or turbo).
Make sure the plate moves up and down freely. If there's pressure in the
fuel system you should feel resistance to pulling it up (by the bolt head in
the center). You ccna also pull the injectors out and energize the pump by
jumpinng the relay (top horizontal connector to bottom verticle one). Then
when you lift the plate you should get a smooth flow from the injectors,
which should stop when you release it. (CAUTION - FIRE HAZARD FROM ATOMIZED
FUEL!!!)
Good luck
John
Posts in this Thread:
- Just about had enough - '84 Saab 900, Paul Brusen, Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:02:22
- RE: Just about had enough - '84 Saab 900, John Cooper, Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:55:39
- Re: Just about had enough - '84 Saab 900, Charles Christacopoulos, Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:59:01
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