Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:30:22 -0400 From: DanB <meld_bnopsamo.com> Subject: Re: 89' saab 900 sporatic black smoke on difficult start with up to 3000rpm idle, hot or cold, random
Oh no... something else that is about to go wrong with my '89! Actually all of the little boots on the connectors for the harness going to the injectors are quite rotten. But I don't have this symptom yet. Maybe checking the state of the plugs - dist cap - rotor might find some something really fouled? It's pretty easy to do on this vintage right? -Dan charles stoyer wrote: > I had some similar problems with an '85 900 T and it turned out to be a > short in the wiring between the computer and the injectors, etc. Make sure > all the wiring is in good condition and not grounding out or shorting > between wires. > > Intermittent problems can indicate a wire which is loose or shorting out. In > my case it was dumping as much gas as it could find in to the manifold. > > Charles. > > "Jeremy" <skyprobe5nopsamcom> wrote in message > news:340e7637.0110081750.5ad5d9danopsaming.google.com... > > I have an 89' saab 900 which will start right up almost every time. > > but this problem is getting more popular these days. it doesn't > > matter if the car is hot or cold, mostly happens when cold though: the > > car will almost start right up on the first crank, and then kinda cut > > out and not want to start at all. I then have to turn her over a > > bunch of times, pushing the gas pedal once every time (otherwise, no > > response)to eventually get it going. Once it finally starts, it blows > > out lots of smoke, runs shaky for a bit, then the idle goes up to > > 2-3000 rpm's, and will not kick back down