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No start in damp weather 200 1988

posted by  someone claiming to be Steve Oakes on  Mon Dec 29 12:38 CST 2003 [RELATED]

A co-worker's battered 240 starts instantly as long as the weather is dry--temperature immaterial. But on damp days the car simply won't start--it pops and fizzes but will not catch. Sounds like crappy, dirty terminals ir wires to me. There is no visible arcing at the ignition wires, by the way. Any help would be appreciated!








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    No start in damp weather 200 1988

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    posted by  lucid on  Mon Dec 29 14:03 CST 2003
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    Clean the outer surface of the distributor cap and the top of the coil. Dirty accumulations in these areas can absorb moisture and bleed off the high voltage. They need to be clean and dry.

    Also wipe off the plug wires, using a rag and spray cleaner like CRC or even bad old WD-40.

    One old 240 I know of always had this damp weather problem, but would start after the cap and wires were sprayed with WD-40
    --
    Bruce Young,
    '93 940-NA (current)
    '80 GLE V8 (Sold 5/03)
    '83 Turbo 245
    '76 244 (lasted only 255,000 miles)
    73 142 (98K)
    '71 144 (track modified--crusher bound)
    New 144 from '67 to '78
    Used '62 122 from '63 to '67







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