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I am having a VERY similar problem with my 81 244 turbo. The car was running but now dies after idling for a couple of minutes. I get the strong gas smell and the car won't even act like it wants to start. I have plenty of fuel pressure (have not tested with gauge but get tons of gas when I disconnect the fuel line). I have spark at all spark plugs. And it is a very strong spark.
I don't want to muddy the water with my problem, but if I can tell you what I have changed and cleaned it may help you, thusly helping me.
This car sat for about seven years. I replaced both fuel pumps and drove it home (about 25 miles). BTW I drained fuel tank and refilled. I cleaned throttle body and all vacuum hoses. I replaced a couple of old hoses. I also replaced distr. cap and rotor button. At some point after doing all of this I test drove it (about 2 miles). It died on the way home. I put a new main fuel pump (instead of the used one I bought). Same problem. One final note. There is a vacuum hose on top of the fuel pressure regulator and I can't figure out where it goes. This may have been knocked loose when I was replacing some of the vacuum hoses (the distributer vacuum hose was bad).
I noticed that the frequency valve buzzes for a long time when I turn the ignition on without starting. After I try to start the car is when it buzzes for the longest. It seems that I may be dumping too much fuel into the system so the frequency valve is having to stay on for a while to build the pressure back up. Lastly, starting fluid does no good.
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