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Fuel delivery/ignition/electrical woes 200 1989

posted by  Jay Shields on  Mon Apr 21 15:34 CST 2008
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My guess would be the ignition switch, as I have had similar problems and have ruled out the usual suspects, i.e. fuel pump, battery, coil, etc. The ignition switch on 240s is nearing 20 years old or more, thousands of starts, and eventually the contacts in the switch go bad. You might try reaching under the dash, drivers side, and see if you can feel the ignition plug, which sometimes comes loose from the rotary switch. It is round with lots of wires and just plugs in to switch, maybe it has come loose slightly. When the car starts infrequently, and you know the battery is good, coil ok and you have good fuel, you must consider the ignition switch as the first part of the starting system.

Jay
84 245 GLTi 235k
88 740 GLE 220k






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