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My '88 240 sedan will barely idle! 200

posted by  R2 on  Mon Jan 17 09:54 CST 2005
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My '88 performs like that when the distributor cap cracks and allows moisture inside. For some reason mine is suseptible to cracking a cap every 18 months, so I change it every 12 mos. Take the cap off, if you haven't diagnosed a bad AMM, and see if there is condensation, better yet change it for $3.00 - $5.00.

The other time it behaved it like that was when the negative wire to the coil become loose on the terminal. If not cap related make sure the connections to the coil are good. Perhaps start it in the black of night and see if you have electricity arcing from the coil to anywhere. Maybe a coil tower cracked.






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