Date: 21 Sep 2003 10:07:21 -0700 From: shawnnopsamn.com (Shawn) Subject: Re: 90 Saab will not start
Grunff <grunff232nopsam.com> wrote in message news:<bkjsg8$2gqbv$1nopsam52899.news.uni-berlin.de>... > Shawn wrote: > > > I hear the fuel pump running and I smell some fuel. Not a real heavy > > smell. I put a new set of plugs in and added some more starting fluid > > to each cylinder. Still nothing. Could the water in the system cause > > it not to fire at all? What is a AMM??? > > all???? > > The AMM is the air mass meter - the part that meters incoming > air and tells the ECU about it. It's a box that sits directly in > the airflow just after the air filter. > > Are you sure you're getting spark? If you've manually added > starting fluid to the cylinders, it should at least > cough/sputter. If it isn't, I doubt you have spark. > > How did you add the starting fluid? I found the AMM and checked the little wire and it appears to be OK. I sprayed it down with some cleaning fluid as well. I checked each spark plug wire, right before the boot with a timing light. Each one showed spark. I pulled each spark plug to add the starting fluid.