Hello all:

My wife called me from rush hour freezing rain traffic to let me know that the '92 245 would only go 30-50km/h, even when floored, and was stalling at stoplights. Before she made it all the way home it stalled and would not accelerate.

I jumped on a commuter train to try to make it to her in time, but she ended up taking a taxi home and called a towtruck to bring the car home.

I arrived the same time as the truck. The car would start, but stall immediately. I pulled the connector on the AMM and it ran better. I pulled out a known good used 016 AMM and it started right up. The idle was fine again, so I thought I had it fixed-- until I took it out and drove it.

When it was running badly the check engine light came on and I got code 1-1-3 on scoket 2-- socket 6 came up fine with 1-1-1.

Periodically it would hesitate very badly-- if I kept it floored long enough, eventually it kicked in, but clearly it wasn't drivable this way. I took it back into the garage, did a quick throttle body clean up and inspected the snorkel hose for holes-- both were fine. I can hear the throttle position switch clicking as soon as I turn the spool, so it sounds fine.

I had a spare ignition amplifier, so I gave it a try-- no better. I then pulled the fuel system relay and tried another one-- it seemed greatly improved, but I am still not confident that I have it fixed.

I didn't have a spare radio suppression relay handy, so I suppose that is still a candidate (it is clipped to the coil on the late 240 cars).

Any other suggestions about where to look next? I am dreading the morning rush, as we need two cars to get to work.

Let me know what you think!