2003 Saab 9-5 check engine light, sputtering in neutral, ye

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BBOCAN
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Hi, I have a Saab 95 Aero. Just recently the check engine light came on. When I started my car and put it in nuetral the car started to shake really back and the RPM where going up. I thought it was going to stall. It stopped and all was well....excecpt for the engine light. I was able to drive home fine. About 3 hours later I went to put the car in the driveway....it did the same thing, but instead of waiting for it to stop, I put it in gear to go. It wouldn't really go. the Clutch was almosting sticking and not wanting to cooperate. The sputtering stopped and I was able to pull in.

In the last 3 months I have had the following work done to the car...
1. replaced the clutch with new.
2. fixed a cracked crank seal
3. new struts new shocks

I get regular maintenance on the car.
I have had an oil change in the last month. I seem to be leaking something in the drive again...last time it was the cranck seal. I checked the oil today after the last sputtering ordeal, and it seem to be yellow and frothy.

Not sure what is wrong....other then owning a lemon. Any advice you can offer would be great! Thank you!
Jan 21, 2010 at 1:49 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Have the computer scanned for code/s-you have a problem within the engine manangement system that caused the CEL to turn on-This is your starting point of diagnosis,finding out what's going on.
Jan 21, 2010 at 1:57 PM
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MNTHNY4
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do u want to sell the lemon ,anyways u have a throttle body unit going into limp mode possible ,as per rasmartaz get fault codes scanned ,u have a nice car fix it ,i have been looking for a stick aero for a while now ,anyways again good luck .have some fun looking at other saab 9-5s on this site CARDOMAIN.COM ,set page to saab 9-5 & check cars out my car is 4th or 5th car on first page with a rating of 4stars ,it's a red 1999 saab 9-5 but looks like a 2006 model ,this site will let u love your car again .
Jan 22, 2010 at 7:00 AM
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