djmolny@wnuxb.UUCP (Molny) (07/23/84)
I need some help interpreting symptoms on my '83 900 Turbo. On a long, hot highway trip, it started to miss occasionally (an unprecedented event) and the fuel pump got so noisy I could hear it above the stereo. I normally run the car on [m]ethanol-enhanced unleaded gas, and my last fill-up was about 1 hour before the problem started, using regular no-lead. Is it possible that the fuel filter is clogged and the pump is working overtime to feed the engine? Given the price of Saab parts, I hate to replace the filter without due cause. Please respond to ihnp4!wnuxb!djmolny, and I will post a summary if warranted. Thanks in advance, DJ Molny
tggsu@resonex.UUCP (Tom Gulvin Root) (07/27/84)
You want a filter? Go to K-mart and buy one for any Bosch fuel injected car (probably only mech. injection, but some elec. injections are the same - your car has mechanical) and by the cheapest filter you can find. My '83 900 turbo runs just fine with a '79 injected rabbit filter, $6.00 from some K-martish store (it was not quite as thick as the original and I wrapped a rag around it so that the bracket would hold it). This let's you check that possibility out w/o spending ~$25 for filter from Saab. Injected VW water cooled engines, BMWs, some Fiats and Jaguars, etc. Use the same filter. Tom Gulvin - Resonex, Inc. - Sunnyvale Ca.
gmv@petfe.UUCP (George Verbosh) (08/10/84)
<> I don't know where to find cross ref'd list of parts, but my SAAB maint manuals has a fairly extensive list of spec's on most engine parts. I suspect that, no matter how you do it, parts won't be cheap.
grw@hydravax.UUCP (08/15/84)
Is there any publication around that lists equivalent parts for SAABs and other cars? Might be a real money saver. Gary Wasserman Hydra Computer Systems Natick, MA decvax!cca!ima!hydravax!grw