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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 13:35:48 GMT
From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Fuel Over-Pressure Switch Questions


in article MPG.1968c727d634653f989967nopsam.cis.dfn.de, MeatballTurbo at carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com wrote on 29/06/2003 10:52: > In article <bdmbpu$uhoj7$1nopsam52899.news.dfncis.de>, grunffnopsam.com > spouted forth into alt.autos.saab... >>> A ha! Surely this is the fuel over-pressure switch. Hence, the vac for this >>> device was not interrupted by my fiddling the other day and would still cut >>> the car's fuel at 0.95 Bar. Again, am I on the right lines? I can't find any >>> reference to this in the Haynes, so I'll have to take advice on this one. >> >> Found it - I had to look in the Bentley - Apparently it was >> fitted to 16vTs between 1985 and 1988. My 1986 doesn't have one. >> > Yep, two hoses on top, two attached wires underneith. > > I was told, to bypass it activating, either detach and join the wires, > detach and join the vac hoses. > > As mine was leaking, I decided to try the hoses first, bingo first try, > I reach 3/4 orange in third instead of 1/4. > > Haven't done the electrical yet, but might do if I remove it completley. Right, so it's the device that has two vac connections - one goes to the dash boost gauge and the other is fed from the vac line that comes through from the engine bay to the LHS foot well. This has a Y piece on mine that connects to both devices. So did you plug the boost gauge vac line directly onto the Y junction that also feeds the APC pressure transducer? Paul

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