It's an '88 240 like I said. My wife was getting on the highway on Saturday, when it started to sputter under throttle load. So, she started to pull over when it died. When she tried to restart it, it would start, then die right away. I met her on the shoulder, sent her home in the other car, and then called the tow truck. When we got it to the house, I started to play with it a little. I would turn the key, it would start, then sputter and die. I contiunued to do this, over, and over. The condition finally began to improve. Everytime, it would run for a little bit longer. Finally, I had it idling smoothly. But, whenever you hit the throttle, it sputters and dies. I poured a bottle of isopropyl dry gas in it before I started playing with it. I thought maybe there was some water in the line. After I had it idling, I let it sit for about 45 minutes at idle to make sure there wasn't a frozen gas line under the hood. I bought a new fuel filter, and I'm going to put that on tonight. I figure there may be a clog in the filter. Any other ideas? It had 3/4 of a tank of fuel when it died, so I don't suspect the pre-pump. I can hear the main pump, so it's working fine. (At least it sounds like it is.) This car has done something similar to us twice before this. The first time was last winter. We were coming back from our daughter's docter's appointment. The car was driving fine, but if you tried to put the accelarator down anymore than half way, it would start to sputter. We could only go 40 all the way home, and when I got there, I turned it off, and let it sit for an hour. When I started it back up, I reved it a few time, put it in drive, and it was fine from that point on. The last time was this last Christmas Eve. I drove it around all day, and it was fine. Then, when we got in it to go to my parents house that night, (the temp had dropped to 5 by this time) it did the same thing as the doctors trip. But, when we got back in it to go home, it was fine. I'm sorry it's so long, but I want to explore all the options.

Thanks,
Courtney