Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 09:54:22 +0000 From: danny <dannynopsamia-esprezzo.com> Subject: Re: 9000 intermittent rough idle/stalling
Johannes H Andersen wrote: > For vacuum leaks, check also small (signal) hoses from manifold. > > Could be the head gasket starting to crumble. You have probably already > thought about that. The main reason that I suspect this is that my car > had the same symptoms about 3 years ago. The Saab dealer replaced the > head gasket, but did no have to do any skimming because I came in > early. Do you also get CHECK ENGINE? Diagnosis via code socket. > > Hi Johannes, Is it still likely to be a head gasket when it can run without problem for weeks and then the problem starts agin, lasts a while, then it's back to smooth running for a while? Last time it did it, I thought to myself - that's it, I'm going to sort this out at the weekend (a few days later), and as is always the case, at the weekend it ran fine and continued to so for several weeks :) -- Regards, Danny http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site) http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service) swap Z for above characters in email address to reply