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years of random engine stumbling/stalling Posted by ryan [Email] ![]() ![]() |
Well, I guess my '88 900 Turbo is also acting up, maybe because of the bad times at SAAB Auto...
For some reason, over the last four or five years the engine gets these bouts of stumbling/stalling. It's almost as if the engine is cutting off fuel for a split second.
Anyway, the stumbling has returned this past month and what is frustrating as hell, is how random it is. Here are some of the symptoms:
- while driving the car (and the engine can be hot or cold) you will feel a split second loss of power.
- while accelerating the power will cut out for a split second, putting you into your steering wheel.
Most recently, a few times when starting up the car the engine will run rough (this is a new symptom). It feels like not all cylinders are running, and revving up the engine does not help. After 4 or 5 seconds, it will clear up.
The other thing it does, is sometimes it will stall out. It starts up just fine though. It also does this hot or cold. Last thing I noticed, is sometimes when starting it up the engine will be 'searching'. The RPMs will go up then almost to a stall, then bounce back up again.
Anyway, all out maddening, especially the car itself is in very nice shape, and when this random stumbling isn't in season, it runs awesome. Just wanted to get some feedback from the crew, but most likely I'm just going to see if I can leave it at the local SAAB shop and see if they can figure out what is going on. Problem is how random it is, I can see it deciding not to do anything for a week, and this is an issue that has haunted this car for years...
-ryan
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