Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 10:15:09 -0400 From: "KR" <krnopsam.com> Subject: Re: 94 900S 2.3 stalls, idle varies
I recently had a similar problem with my 95 900 se. The problem was related to the turbo pulleys. And a defective alternator. RCS <e9225126nopsam1.tuwien.ac.at> wrote in message news:37236A51.D64C3B5Enopsam1.tuwien.ac.at... > Sorry! Just seen there was a 2.3 in the headline!!! > So itīs the new 900 - anyway, there can only be a vakkuum leak! > > > RCS : > > > First you have to explain if your 900S is one of the last "old" or one of the > > first "new" body style cars! > > If itīs the old, classical one Iīd say itīs 99% caused by vaccuum leaks or > > AIC-valve problems. If itīs the new one, it could also be some "missfitted" > > vakkuum hoses/pipes > > or some other electrical problems (sensors - this could be read out) but in > > nearly all of the cases the engine gets the "wrong" air (leak in vakkuum hose > > after the air was mesured by the air mass sensor - you canīt read out that). > > That causes bad idling and stalling (when you release the throttle..) > > > > RCS > > > > DAVID KATZ > > > > > My '94 sprouted a heater hose leak last month. The dealer charged 2 hours > > > labor to replace it, as a bunch of disassembly was needed to get at the > > > firewall end. That would have been bad enough. But since then, the idle > > > (when in drive) goes up & down quite a lot, I estimate 600 to 1000 rpm every > > > 2 seconds, and it has stalled out a few times. I dried the exposed > > > secondary wires immediately after the incident, and cleaned inside the > > > distributor cap last week. Any other ideas? I don't see any obvious > > > connections they forgot to put back together. > > > -- > > > Dave > > > (interchange the Z and the last A to reply by email) >