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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 15:55:20 -0700
From: Bill Jeffrey <wjeffreynospamAMalum.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Full lights draining the power


I don't know anything about the 87EMS specifically, but I had three 900S models from the early 90's. All three had a problem similar to what you describe - they simply wouldn't keep the battery reliably charged. The battery was always right on the verge of complete discharge. As a result, sometimes they simply wouldn't crank after sitting in the garage for a couple days. Sometimes they would simply die as I was driving them. Sometimes they would die after idling for 5 minutes. Running the radio with the ignition off was a no-no. In every case, the battery was completely discharged, and a battery charge would bring it right back. I took each one to a Saab garage, and was assured each time that everything was OK (but they sold me a few batteries just to be sure). The solution turned out to be simple and cheap. In my 900's, the electrical path from the alternator to the battery is long, contorted, and subject to all sorts of bad connections and corrosion problems. I simply bought two 10-foot lengths of number 10 wire (one red and one black), crimped and soldered ring lugs to the four ends, and ran direct connections from the alternator, across the top rear of the engine, to the battery. In the last five years, the discharged-battery problem has not returned even once. Couldn't hurt to try ... Bill Jeffrey ========================= Ed wrote: > Hope someone may be able to help. > > Have a 87EMS Saab and the car has a problem when i turn on the full > lights. Its draining the engine power to a point where it can conk out > in first gear. Checked out the battery and the altermeter and even got > the local garage guy to check them out and all fine. > > Is it an electric problem. Can't figure it out and can't see what it > could be besides the above. > > Any help before i bring it to a specialist................

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