Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:53:17 GMT From: XXXdasguptaXXXnopsamnl (Robin) Subject: overheating fuelpump ?!
Dear fellow Saabers, During my holidaytrip to Italy I encountered an strange problem with the fuel pump. Or at least that is what I expect it to be. After I had driven for about 500 km, I had to drive throught the St. Gotthard tunnel (17 km) in Switzerland. Maximum speed inside the tunnel is 80 km/h. In the middle of the tunnel I felt that the car ('87 9000i, 350.000km, manual) lost power, and I could not keep up with the other cars, even as hard as I tried to step on the gas. The car just slowed down and came to a standstill in the middle of this tunnel. About 7 km from one end of the tunnel and 10 km from the other end..... After the Police had towed me away, out of the tunnel, the guy in the garage told me that it happens more often, especially with Saab cars. Whenever the fueltank is nearly empty (20 liters left in the tank), and the weather is quite hot, the fuelpump will overheat and just stop working....... This is due to the fact that the fuelpump needs the fuel in the tank to cool itself down. After i had filled the tank up with some nice, cool fuel, the problem vanished and since then the car has been driving like normal. Has any of you encountered the same kind of problem with the fuelpump? Is it really overheating of the fuelpump that caused the problem or could it be something else. The fuelpump has been changed about 25.000 km ago. Can somebody give some feedback on this problem? Have I overlooked some other possibilities? Thanks in advance, Robin '87 9000i 350.000km manual (remove XXX from emailaddress)
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