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240 Poor Running, Now No Start 200

posted by  Mike-C on  Wed Feb 7 13:03 CST 2007
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Good Evening Folks,
My son Barrie's '88 240 wagon is giving us trouble. It is serious winter up here in eastern Ontario (-15c) and the car has not been running well for the past few days. I drove it yesterday and it felt somewhat 'doggy'. It started acting up today on his way to college. Rough running and no power. He turned around and made it back home and his twin brother was dispatched to pick up our Safari-van from my missus at her work. It has spark, and very wet gas fouled plugs. When I got home from work today, we removed the plugs, cleaned them off, warmed them with the propane torch and re-installed them. No go. Lots of cranking, lots of spark, and lot more gas. I am thinking a failed cold start injector/valve or a fuel pressure regulator. The car had been delivering rotten gas mileage as well, about 19 MPG Imperial (16 or so US). The car has new plugs, wires, cap, rotor and air cleaner. The fuel pump is new as is the fuel filter.
Any ideas?

Best Regards;
Mike Coleman
North Lancaster, Ontario, Canada
1988 240 Stationwagon, 275,000 miles
1992 740 Stationwagon, 176,000 miles
1984 Mercedes 300D, 306,000 miles
1986 Mercedes 300SDL, 192,000 miles
1998 GMC Safari, 386,000 kms






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