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Date: 23 Dec 2002 09:03:23 -0800
From: beckynopsamectgroup.nl (Becky)
Subject: Re: 1962 Saab 96 - Gas cap cover vented or not?


Dave - Thanks a billion for your help. It wasn't to spark plugs, so I gave in and booked an appointment with the garage. Too busy with the holidays and too cold outside without a garage to work in ;) Thanks for your help! Cheers, Becky davehinznopsamcop.net wrote in message news:<atlh4m$biu2$1nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de>... > Someone who looks an awful lot like Becky <beckynopsamectgroup.nl> wrote: > > Problem could be totally unrelated to the gas cap cover - just an idea > > since it was the only theing that had changed. > > Yes, it is always good to suspect the most recently changed things when > problems happen, but I can't imagine that it would be related. Now that > you mention it, I don't recall a way for the gas tank to get air in to > make up the volume displaced by the fuel leaving it; let me take a look > this evening at my '63 and '65...I'll check the '60 93 also, just for > grins. I don't have a '62 anymore (sadly), but I think I still have > that fender ;) > > > What happened was when > > I was coming off the highway and was slowing down on the off-ramp the > > engine cut out. Started with no problem, but then at every light and > > every time I slowed down it would also cut out until I finally parked. > > When you say "cut out", was it an absolute, "I'm shutting off" kind of thing, > or did it sputter like a fouled plug, or ??? > > > After about an hour or so I did the reverse journey. Again, no problem > > in the beginning, but after coming off the highway again I had the > > same thing - engine cutting out every time I slowed down. > > In a '62, I assume this is a non-red 850cc engine with single carb, > yes? Heat shutdowns could be electrical; that'd be my first guess. I > guess it depends on what it felt like when it stopped behaving. First > I'd suggest changing out the spark plugs, and take special note of their > condition (wet/black/grey/etc). > > > I thought maybe it was the gas cap thing because maybe a vacuum was > > being created after running for a while. Thought maybe on the highway > > the power was enough to overcome the engine, but not at slower speeds. > > Then vacuum was released when it was parked... > > I suppose one way to test that theory would be to drive with it off as > a test? > > > I haven't tried anything yet - thought I'd check this option first. > > Any other ideas? > > Let's see what the plugs look like. How old or new is your coil, also? > When it shuts down, go out, undo the gas cap, and see if it immediately > behaves; that would point in that direction. > > > I'd also be surprised if the V4 cap was different from the V2 - are > > you selling any of your's? > > If you're in the Netherlands, there may be a closer source than me, but > sure, if you're in need of one to keep an old stroker on the road, no > problems sending you one. > > Dave Hinz

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