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Please help, car is not starting and then does and then doesn't...Mr. Foster?? 200 1988

posted by  cbremski on  Thu Jan 23 02:09 CST 2003
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I have searched the FAQ and have come up with no solution so here I am!

(If you turn the key you get nothing, no click, no hmmm, but all the interior lights work so the battery is ok.)

So my girlfriends '88 244 with 157K has been doing this quirky thing. It wouldn't start last saturday so I went over there and turned the key, it started. 2 days later same thing, so I adjusted the NSS and cleaned the 25amp fuse, started right up. Yesterday it wouldn't start, so I checked the fuse again, popped off the ignition coil wire (put it back on) and it started right up. NOW it won't start at all again. Last night I replaced the plug wires in hopes it was that, but no avail. And yes there is gas in the tank!

It seems if it sits for a few hours it is more likely to start right up again. It is intermittently not wanting to start. It has been around 0 degrees F for the last week, but my b23 starts right up. Once it gets started it runs great!

What are they other possibilities??? Is there a defect with the '88 model??? Thanks to all in advance.

One confused person from Minneapolis,
Chuck





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