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1989 Saab 900 Turbo Base 3dr Coupe

1989 Saab 900 Turbo
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July 28, 2009, 4:50 pm

Thomas W
 

Question: Can you help?

Recently this car has been hard to start from time to time and I also have a very high idle that idles rough between 1500 and 2000 rpms just running. I have recently tuned this car up, replaced spark plugs, wires, cap and rotor and air filter. And I've also replaced just about all of the vacuum hoses since i heard that that can cause a rough idle. Any advice?


July 30, 2009, 7:30 pm

Martin R
 

Make sure that the spark plug cables are in the correct order.


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