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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 09:23:34 -0400
From: Jim Ashley <jea3nopsamaone.net>
Subject: Re: Hot - Won't Start


I think the problem he has is that it won't catch, the starter cranks but there is something gone wrong in the fuel system. I know because I'm currently experiencing the same problem(see my post '900 starting problem'). Jim Robert2011 wrote: > When I brought my 900 back from germany I picked it up in Dallas Texas and > drove it to Arizona. The only place in Europe it would ever overheat was on > one very steep climb in Switzerland. I would usually stop at the reststop > there for 20 minutes or so for a cooldown and snack anyway. Sometimes it would > spit out hot coolent, so I would park in a uphill inclined space to prevent > spills. > > In the Texas summer it was fine while driving, but overheating terribly every > time I stopped for gas or food. It would not start for 20-30 minutes after I > shut off the engine unless I poured several gallons of water over the engine > and starter. 3-4 gallons of water usually cooled it enough to start. > > I think the overheating either caused some sort of safety switch to engage, or > the starter to not engage until it cooled down. > > Later I checked the thermostat and it seemed to be fine and the radiator was > not plugged up either. As I was always a cold climate driver before, I thought > this was how newer Saabs acted in hot climates. > > After living with the condition for a couple of years I decided to buy a new > thermostat anyway and tested it next to the old one. Both operated the same > during testing. I put the new one in anyway and the overheating immedietly > went away. > > Moral of the story - Replace the thermostat even if it tests good. > > If that does not do it then have the radiator boiled out. > > >I posted a few back but didn't get much response with respect to my Saab > >which > >won't start after I've been driving it in the hot climate and then try to > >re-start it minutes thereafter. Any ideas why this is happening. it > >eventually > >starts but I have to crank up to 5 or 6 times before it does. > > > > > >Thanks

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