Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:34:43 -0500 From: "Rod H" <rodhoggnospamnet> Subject: Re: 1985 sputters. broken level sending unit???
thanks for your input. I really didn't know if the fuel level sender pieces would be hard to remove or not. I might have to wait till the wife leaves the house before trying the kitchen tong trick. thanks again rod "Craig's Saab C900 Site" <c900nospam.apana.org.au> wrote in message news:e7ps3a$bue$1nospam.apana.org.au... > "Rod H" <rodhoggnospamnet> writes: > >>I have a 1985 900s that after driving approx 200 miles from a full tank of >>gas it will start to sputter. as if it is running out of gas. (although >>I >>don't know what that's like have never done it). Seems to run fine after >>I >>fill it. > >>The gas gauge does not work. My suspicion is that maybe the gauge is >>simply >>floating in the tank and when it gets down to approx 5 gallons left, the >>gauge is blocking the line that would feed the engine. any thoughts out >>there? > > Your car should have the later style of VDO fuel level sender with a small > 3-pin connector that is seperate from the fuel pump power feed wiring. > When > I first got my 1985 900i it's fuel sender was completely dismembered > inside > the tank and the only part left in place was the top and 5 percent of the > steel rod that the float slides along. The rod had broken where the > threaded > section right at the top stopped, so the whole body of the sender, plus > the > float, had fallen to the bottom of the tank. 8-) > > Used level senders are not hard to find - just borrow one from a wrecked > 1983 or later classic 900. Providing you don't get the white plastic > bodied > sender (used up to about 1982), you can do a direct replacement as far as > I > know. Saab had a retro-fit kit to upgrade from the old type sender so I > don't know if that was a factory recall type mod or something optional. > > Or you can get them from sellers on Ebay fairly often. > >>If you think this could cause it should I wait till gas is low before >>trying >>to get broken pieces out (If indeed that's what it is). or should I have >>a >>full tank of gas to try to remove broken pieces. I will assume that the >>pieces float and I would want a full tank to remove pieces easier. > > Well the metal rod, etc. won't float. I used a pair of long kitchen tongs > to > fish around through the fuel sender hole in the top of the tank to find > some > of the parts of the old sender and the float is still in there somewhere. > > If you want to remove the fuel pump out of the tank you'll get a much > larger > hole to get into the tank through, but you might create more work if you > find the fuel pump pickup is breaking down as well (however it could > explain > some of the problems if the pick-up is falling apart or it's blocked > somehow). > > Regards, > > Craig. > > -- > Craig's Saab C900 Page at | Craig's Classic Saab Workshop - Sydney > .au > http://nospam/~c900 | http://www.classicsaab.net and other > URL's > Email: c900nospam.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts > World-Wide! > Alternate: saabonautnospaml.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, > etc.
