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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 22:49:30 +1000
From: "Kavis" <kavisnopsamnospam.net.au>
Subject: Re: 88 900i 8v problems


Rick..... For the cold starts problem try this page... http://216.78.173.190/engine_folder/8185coldstartsbpg1.htm But for the goods on lots of Saab probs, here's the starting address: http://216.78.173.190/entry/tech_doc_systems.htm HTH, Wade. "Rick M" <bobnopsam.com> wrote in message news:KL0Q6.5048$Up2.925303nopsam1.telusplanet.net... > Hi all, > > I am wondering if I can get any advice from people regarding a few problems > I've been having with my car lately. > > PROBLEM #1 > I live in Calgary, Canada where we have emerged from winter - pretty cold > too I must say, having just moved here. My car didn't like life here much > this winter - somewhat to my surprise, being from Sweden and all. > > Anyway... getting back to the issues, I found my car would start up easily > in the mornings but at each red light I would come to on my way to work > (while the engine was still coolish - basically my entire 15 minute commute > to work) I would need to rev the engine to keep it from stalling or running > extremely roughly. If & when I let it stall it sometimes took a lot of > turning over to get it running again. Also after stopping for a short time > (say, going shopping for an hour) my car would often be quite hard to start. > > Now that the weather has warmed up, this hasn't been giving me as many > problems since the engine is able to get up to operating temperature a lot > more quickly. Any ideas as to how to fix this problem? I have some > mechanical ability but am by no means a mechanic. > > PROBLEM #2 > It seems that in hot weather my fuel pump makes a LOT of noise & > occasionally stops delivering fuel to the engine. This has happened on a > few occasions now that we have nice 28C weather. It also happened last fall > but gave me absolutely no problems over the winter - I'm convinced it must > have something to do with the hot weather. Last time it happened, my car > had nearly a full tank of gas and I'd been driving the car for about half an > hour. I noticed the fuel pump making progressively more & more noise, then > my car began sputtering, had no power on acceleration and I was just barely > able to get myself off the road to let the car sit for a while. After doing > some shopping (2 hours) the car made it home without any problems and has > been running fine for the last few weeks. > > Any ideas on these two problems would be appreciated. I don't think these 2 > problems are related but who knows. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > cheers, Rick > > >

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