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Re: 3 Problems at Once! Posted by Ari [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: 3 Problems at Once!, Robert A, Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:53:29 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Clutch - the pedal is hard to move but where does the clutch pick up? Does the clutch engage action feel right? The first thing I'd do is make sure the pedal isn't binding. That's the easy part. After that, it's hard. It could be the cylinder. It could also be that the clutch plate is binding on the shaft, so it's just hard to move. Did you get a stock clutch? Some racing clutches have much stronger springs.
Whistle. Sounds like you should check for a hose leak. Under boost, that pressure can find small holes, or it can open up a crack in a hose or a loose clamp. Inspect all hoses from the turbo on out. Look underneath (mirrors help). Make sure all are tight.
Temperature- looking back through your old posts, I think this car is a '97. In '95 and later, Saab changed the way the temperature gauge worked. Tired of all the complaints about how high the needle got, the software in the EDU (the gauge is driven by the EDU) was modified to basically make the gauge lie. It will sit at about 7:30 when the car is warm, and stay there no matter what. Stop and idle for 20 minutes the gauge won't budge. Is the temperature going up? Yes. But the gauge isn't. If the temperature goes too high, the gauge will move up.
Simple tests - do you get heat? If so, something is working there. Second - drive the car around to warm it up, then stop and idle for 10 minutes with the hood open. Do you hear the cooling fan come on? If so, then the coolant is hot enough to trip that threshold. If the gauge is still reading around 7:30 -8:00, that's normal.
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