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May well not be a Fuel Problem 200 1981

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posted by  lucid on  Thu May 18 01:00 CST 2006
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The Fuel Distributor is not repairable — but the good news is that it seldom fails.

The first place to start is with SPARK. With no spark, there will be no fuel system operation. So don't assume no fuel means a fuel problem.

I recently got an '80 240 that had been outside for 10 years. It started and RAN on that old gas — after I replaced the broken timing belt, then got spark by checking all the ignition terminals.
(But after a few days it did have a FD problem that might have been due to the gas. The point is that it started and ran several times.)

So let us know if there is spark at the plugs.

Come to think about it — check the timing belt first. Watch the camshaft thru the oil fill hole while somebody else keys the starter. Or remove the distributor cap* and watch the rotor while you key the starter.

* Make sure neither of the "cap-latches" drops inward with the cap off, and catches on anything that spins.
--
Bruce Young
'93 940-NA (current), 240s (one V8), 140s, 122s, since '63.






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