Follow up - stalling issue - Saab 900 Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News -
7/1: Members: Log In to See Fewer Ads! |
5/28: SAAB Evolutions/TSN T-Shirts $14
[General |
Members |
C900 |
9000 |
NG900 & OG93 |
93 |
95 |
NG95 |
99 |
Sonett |
Vintage Models |
Clubs |
Other Cars |
FAQs |
Gifts |
Member Photo Galleries |
Member Directory |
Classifieds |
Manuals |
*Buddy Registry |
*Mileage Registry |
Polls |
What's New |
Raffle |
Photo of the Month |
Sponsors]
Condensed version: A bad dist cap can cause random stalling.
I posted about my 900 stalling about a month ago. The car would randomly stall out. Sometimes restart sometimes not. For example that car would die and not restart. You would disconnect the AMM, the car would restart and you would think "Aha, bad AMM". Then 1/2 mile later it would stall again and not restart. Same thing with NTSC or jumping the fuel pump(by-pass the fuel pump relay) only to stall again.
The problem got progressively worse. I believe I have isolated the problem to a heavily arc distributor cap. I replaced that cap and all is well. (Several weeks and several 100 miles without a problem)
I asked a mechanic friend what would cause arcing inside the cap. He said "moisture" I asked about oil he said yes that too. Of course there is always oil inside the cap because the seal leaks. So I think my problem was caused by oil leaking inside the cap causing arcing and finally that rotor/cap could not get a consistent spark to the plugs.
Posts in this Thread:
- Follow up - stalling issue, PaulS
, Wed, 7 May 2014 18:46:26 <-- Viewing This Message- Re: Follow up - stalling issue, Tom G
, Thu, 8 May 2014 09:49:26 - Re: Follow up - stalling issue, aka Arabiflora, Wed, 7 May 2014 23:03:28
- Re: Follow up - stalling issue, EOR sob, Fri, 9 May 2014 18:20:46
- Bougi's, Cap, Rotor, Plugs, Timing, IAC=Happy c900 n/m, Saabina
, Thu, 8 May 2014 10:21:23
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
Post a Followup
No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.
StateOfNine.com
![](/tsn/xyz/stateofninebutton.gif) |
SaabClub.com
![](/tsn/xyz/scnabutton.gif) |
Jak Stoll Performance
![](/tsn/xyz/jakstollbutton.gif) |
M Car Covers
![](/tsn/xyz/mcarcoversbutton.gif) |
Ad Available
![](/tsn/xyz/buttonavailable.gif) |
![](/tsn/images/tsnmap.gif)
Random Saabnet.com Member Gallery Photos (Click Image)
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right.
Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY.
Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages.
This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see
problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes
type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the
Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are
not anonymous. Site Contact | Site Donations | Other Sites by SP -
Poverty2Prosperity.org | Run Club Menlo Park | ScreenBot
Site Members do not see red text instructions, bottom of the page anchor ads, or box ads.
Click here to see all
the Site Membership Benefits!