Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 20:31:46 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: 88 900S, code interpretation
Art wrote: > Greetings all: I am a non mechanic, so would appreciate help in this one. > Brief history, I have an 88 900S which was running great. All of a sudden, > the check engine light would come on, and the car ran terribly. The light > would go off, and the car ran well again. It was intermittent, but started > happening more and more. My SAAB mechanic diagnosed a bad air mass meter, > but after replacing it, he said that a new code showed up in the computer. > The code is 12111, which has something to do with the computer itself. He > tried to explain it to me, but I couldn't follow everything he was saying, > except that it sounds like a major problem if the symptoms of this code > number start to appear. > > Could anybody tell me what this means in terms of the seriousness of the > repair associated with this particuliar code. I would appreciate it! I can't tell you what the code means - I was unaware that you could read codes from an '88 900 ECU! But the worst case scenario is that you need a new ECU. This isn't very expensive (~£250). Fitting it is a matter of minutes. You haven't supplied enough info to help in diagnosing the fault. You say the car ran terribly intermittently - what do you mean exactly? In what way did it run terribly? Did it do this all the time, when first started up, when? -- Grunff
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