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240 DL SW dies on acceleration 200 1986

posted by  someone claiming to be TomD on  Sun Jul 14 12:42 CST 2002 [RELATED]

RockyDoc,

First off, what in the world do you mean by:

"Have pulled plug wires individually from spark plugs and no change in the idle." Earlier you said it "purrs" .... This does not compute. To me, if it purrs it is smooth and you would certainly notice unplugging a spark plug wire...

Anyway, my '86 had a similar problem with idling ok, but when I stepped on the accelerator, it would die. Turned out to be an AMM problem.

With the ignition *off* (like Don Foster indicated), unplug the AMM, start the engine and see if you can drive it in the limp home mode. If so, it points to a bad AMM. You might try cleaning the contacts to the AMM to see if that helps.

Also, the '86 is known for its rotting engine harness, so you may have some problems there.

Good Luck!

TomD
'86 240
'93 240





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