Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 23:25:08 +0100 From: Mats <vem_tror_dunopsamail.com> Subject: Re: violent bucking
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 00:26:08 GMT, ellefson <ellefson3nopsami.com> wrote: >I have a 1988 900s 16v non-turbo 5 speed >This car is cutting out badly. While driving you will suddenly loose >power, if you press the accelerator the engine runs intermittently, idle >then goes to rpms, cuts to idle then go to rpms, cuts to idle then goes >to rpms, there can be a 1500 - 2500 rpm drop, then with the accelerator >down the rpms go up the radically drop off. This causes the car to buck >violently like a horse. If you shut the car off and on a random number >of times the problem will eventually will go away. It will return, you >never know when though, usually it happens while you are driving not at >idle. I have unplugged each fuel injector and can not duplicate the >behavior. There is also a strong smell of raw gas or poorly burned gas >when this happens. The plugs have been replaced, rotor, and dist cap >are both new? Any ideas? Check the distibutor, more specifically the Hall sensor in it, can be done by letting the car idle and then tapping the distributor lightly with the handle of a screwdriver, if it¥s cuts out than it¥s the Hall sensor, can be bought as a restoration kit. Also check the wiring to the ignition module, if Im not mistaking it¥s on the left wheelhouse. /Mats