Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 23:01:19 -0000 From: "Toby Field" <tobyfieldnopsamail.com> Subject: Re: 9000 running on 3 cyls
Never when the engine is cold. Only when engine is HOT. More in Summer than in Winter. So very similar to yours. Toby "Frode Haugen" <fh.nospamnopsammica.no> wrote in message news:3DDF65AE.1000003nopsammica.no... > Does "exactly the same problem" include _only_ in days with high > relative humidity and _never_ during warm-up in your case too? > > I'd hate replacing the DI cassette just to find no improvement. > > > Toby Field wrote: > > > Sounds like the DI cassette to me. Mine has exactly the same problem as > > yours but doesn't happen often enough to warrant replacing the DI cassette. > > You should be concerned about driving it while running on 3 cylinders, as > > unburnt fuel can go doen the exhaust and kill the catlytic converter. > > > > Toby Field (UK) > > '93 9000 CSE 2.3T Auto > > 158,000 Miles > > > > "Frode Haugen" <fh.nospamnopsammica.no> wrote in message > > news:3DDAC211.8030004nopsammica.no... > > > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I need some advice on my 93 9k 2.3i normally aspirated, 212000 km. Nice > >>car, but from time to time it runs for a periods - up to a minute > >>sometimes - on 3 cylinders. Then suddenly goes back to normal again. > >>This has been going on for a year now. Behaves like an electrical > >>failure, as the problem is not related to rpm or load. Also only happens > >>in days with high relative humidity. Plugs changed a couple of times, > >>currently BCPR6ES-11, BCPR7 were no worse. > >> > >>Suspected DI-cassette to begin with, but then I should be stranded by > >>now - right? besides the unit itself looks and smells like it should. > >> > >>Injector cleaner had no effect -- and injectors should not fail more > >>often on humid days. > >> > >>Incidentally, this started soon after the car was in the SAAB shop for a > >>head gasket job. > >> > >>Ideas anyone? > >> > >>Frode > >> > >> > > > > > >