Date: 20 Sep 2003 18:00:56 -0700 From: shawnnopsamn.com (Shawn) Subject: Re: 90 Saab will not start
Grunff <grunff232nopsam.com> wrote in message news:<bkfhr5$1ao29$1nopsam52899.news.uni-berlin.de>... > Shawn wrote: > > I have a 1990 Saab 900 non turbo that I am working on. What happened is > > that the radiator hose burst and flooded the breather. I have dried > > it out and changed the air filter. Pulled the plugs and and cranked it > > over to remove the water from the cylinders. Cleaned the plugs and sprayed > > a small amount of starting fluid in the cylinders to dry them out and > > see if I can get it to fire at all. It will not fire. I checked to see > > if the plugs were getting spark and they are. I am not sure what to do > > next. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. > > > Are you getting fuel when you turn it over? I'd guess not. Turn > it over for a while then remove a plug. Can you smell lots of fuel? > > One possibility is that the water caused rapid cooling of the > hot wire in the AMM and broke it. I hear the fuel pump running and I smell some fuel. Not a real heavy smell. I put a new set of plugs in and added some more starting fluid to each cylinder. Still nothing. Could the water in the system cause it not to fire at all? What is a AMM??? all????
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