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'91 240 hard starts and gas mileage 200 1991

posted by  someone claiming to be Dave on  Tue Feb 9 12:10 CST 2010 [RELATED]

I posted a week or so ago about a starting issue I'm having, but can't find my post anywhere to see if it got responses so I'm posting again. Difficult to start when it's cold and worse the longer it has been sitting. Sometimes it seems that turning the lights on for a minute first helps, but the battery was new last October as well as the starter. Fuel pump is wired to run when key is in position II which I'm told is a modification. No idea what the problem is, I'm just always glad when it finally does start- but waiting for the day when it doesn't. I'd like to try to fix the problem before that happens. Also, I think I'm getting a decrease in fuel economy lately. For a trip that is about 270 mostly highway miles, it is taking an entire tank of gas, and I always top it off -- is that normal for these cars?






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