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My '88 240 sedan will barely idle! 200

posted by  interstition on  Mon Jan 17 02:57 CST 2005
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I agree with rhair that it sounds like a bad Air Mass Meter and the test is so simple. Two additional points.

Never unplug or plug in the AMM with the car running or the key in the on position. Otherwise you might create a bad AMM when it was fine before.

You can drive with the AMM unplugged if necessary. It will perform poorly, waste gas and in the long term be bad for the car, but if I had to get to work I would do it.
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Andy in St. Paul. '89 244 147K mi, '91 745 Regina 202K, '87 245 lost to rust at 225K






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