A strange fuel/spark issue

David Pertuz d.pertuz at gmail.com
Tue Sep 26 20:45:28 EDT 2017


Josh Palmer clued me in to some Bosch injectors that were on closeout for
$25 each, so I just ordered new injectors - that's the same it would cost
me to have mine sent out for cleaning, and there's no guarantee those would
all be good. Some hose pliers are on the way so I can replace the fuel
filter again, and after that all should be good. Well, except for the list
of ten other minor things that have been invariant for ten years :)

Unfortunately my commute to work is going to go to shit next week, and I
may find myself having to sometimes drive to work for the first time in a
decade. If I do, the SE-R will gen the car for it! :)

David

On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, Ben Fenner <fenfam at sc.rr.com> wrote:

> Sorry for the late reply, but I was going to say that a stuck injector
> sounds most plausible. A properly working ignition won't be able to light
> off the mixture, and you'll get the fuel running down the front if the head
> gasket isn't perfectly sealed.
>
> Congrats on the Saab, and for getting the SE-R back on the road after such
> a long wait. I have had rod knock enough times to know it when I hear it,
> and at one time I was overly sensitive to the noise and found a minor
> rattle at ~5k RPM that I started to worry about. After a few months, I
> finally narrowed it down to a loose alternator pivot bolt! =D
> You never know...
>
> -Ben Fenner
> 1994 Turbo SE-R
> 2000 M Coupe
>
> On 9/16/2017 4:54 PM, David Pertuz wrote:
>
> Update: Injector #4 was stuck open. No idea how that happened, but when I
> replaced it the problem went away. Good!
>
>
> David
>
>> Chicago
>>
>
>
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