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Re: '88 240DL has lost power over the last year. 200 1988

posted by  someone claiming to be Isaac Babcock on  Mon Jul 23 19:14 CST 2001 [RELATED]

My '83 245 did the same thing 8 months ago. It was only an occasional occurance, but an annoyance nonetheless. Hard wire your main and fuel pump relays to a manual switch, see if car runs. Mine's been rigged up like that since I decided to stop looking for the culprit, and it has worked fine ever since. Just don't forget to turn off the switch at night, if the ecu is drawing current too long, it'll eat your battery for a late night snack. An added bonus of this setup is that if you make the switch look inconspicuous enough, its a brilliant anti-theft measure. If you turn off the switch when you get out of the car, any theif will just think the car they're trying to steal is a piece of crap that won't start. All I can say if you don't feel the need to do this is, don't worry, your car will probably just fix itself. I know mine does sometimes.





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