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I had a rain/flood, with water in the drivers floor well and the car would not start (dry cough as if there was no fuel); with no electric lock control.
I removed the seat, then the TWICE unit, and dried out everything, including the wet connector.
Disassembled and cleaned the board and removed corrosion that might could create shorting, on theory I might be lucky. (I realize that corrosion may be within the board, or have shorted connectors to ICs or other attached widgets)
and now, ..
with the board in, and only after disconnecting the battery for a minute then reconnecting,
I can start and run the engine for 7-10 seconds, even accelerate, but then the engine cuts out and returns to the dry cough. I can repeat the battery and start attempt, reliably....
Before i cry, and consider a twice replacement in a land where I probably own the only SAAB
i ask ....
Is there anything else that could cause the lack of fuel and/or dry start -- that I should check. I realize that the electric doors lock not working is a TWICE problem,
and I reliably believe in Occums Razor,
But may be the current root cause is not the TWICE, rather the original flood, and something else is keeping me from starting.
Symptoms: a) electric door lock doesn't work, b) all fuses look ok, c) car starts only on battery disconnect/reconnect and dies after 7 seconds, then dry start.
[crossing my fingers and hoping there is another place to check flood damaged components -- like the fuel pump?] [[ i don't have a second car]]
water came up to the bottom of the door before I rescued the car. Water also came in the sun roof; wet carpet was principally in the driver's well. water was in the latching connector for the twice.
I think I can find a TWICE, I don't have personal access to a TRAC II thing or a GM thing with SAAB software. Would way rather not mess with a TWICE replacement and drive somewhere today .... :(
posted by 68.107.255...
, Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:36:19
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