Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:08:04 GMT From: "Fred W." <johsnopsamfitter.com> wrote in message news:3EE7735F.BBB56A6nopsamfitter.com... > > > "Fred W." wrote: > > > > "Johannes H Andersen" <johsnopsamfitter.com> wrote in message > > news:3EE6FBE0.75C2DE83nopsamfitter.com... > > > > > > > > > Manny wrote: > > > > > > > > I have a Saab 9000 CDE, year 1993, turbo. Of late it has begun not to > > > > start for no apparent reason. When it doesn't, it sounds totally dead. > > > > After a while it starts for no apparent reason. Has anybody had this > > > > experience? Any advise? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > One word: DI cassette. > > > > No. Read his description. He said "totally dead". > > Yes, but had this on my 1993 9k: "totally dead" for a while, then "starts > after a while for no apparent reason". Presumably after the DI has cooled > down. This is what I once experienced. The intermittent DI problems got > worse over the next few weeks until the car came to a total standstill > like a stubborn mule. If the DI is bad the engine will still turn over but will not start. I interpret "totally dead" as can't even turn over. No click, no turn-over, dead. But I may be wrong... -Fred