Hi
>
> Just a quick question I hope you can help me out with.
>
> I drive a Saab 900 SE (P-plate 1996) - last week I could not start the car
> and called out a roadside recovery company to have a look at the car. They
> initially checked for a fuel supply and once this was successful they
> checked for a spark. They did this by unclipping the spark plug rail,
> earthing it to the cylinder head and checking for a spark on one of the
> spark plugs. They concluded that their was no spark.
>
> I had the car towed to a garage and I told them what had happened - they
> immediately checked the ECU and said that the technician who had checked
for
> a spark had burnt out the ECU by checking for a spark incorrectly since
> Saabs cannot be checked like this - being Saab Specialists would you agree
> with this and how should you check for a spark.