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Any ideas? 200

posted by  adavis on  Sun Dec 27 12:19 CST 2009
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Anyone have any ideas re: starting running problems?

1990 240 sedan, auto, 170K.

It was very wet with moderate temperatures (45F) today following 2 weeks of typical NE temperatures (20-30F). Today, the car had a lot of trouble starting. it would cough and try to catch but it would not fully start. After several tries while keeping the starter engaged, it finally caught. After about 1/2 mile it quit and was even more difficult to start. The car finally ran but lacked power. I put the car in the garage for about 3 hrs. then it started and ran fine. The plug wires, dist. cap, and plugs are about 7K old. The inside of the dist. cap looks fine. What should I try next to avoid this besides moving south?

TIA.






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