Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:17:21 +0100 From: "Trevor Barry" <tbnospamuk.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: 2000 Saab 95 stalling
"ctpaulssaab" <UseLinkToEmailnospamForumz.com> wrote in message news:1_636015_c2ed99d355e6df62bbcc32d4008ce92anospamforumz.com... > Driving home the other day, my check engine light came on and my car > stalled. from then on, the only way I got the car to go was keeping > my foot on the gas. > > I had a mechanic friend look at it and he said it needed to be run > through a scanner, but he checked obvious stuff and it was ok... > > I am going to bring it to my mechanic tonight but does anyone have any > ideas??? It idles low when it is set and it has never stalled out on > me before. > > Last November I had major work done on the engine as there was an oil > problem, but it has been running great since then and I am nervous > that this is something major...any ideas or suggestion before I bring > it in? I has exactly the same symptoms on a previous 9-5 and the throttle body had to be replaced - a mere £700 :-( Trevor