Hi I am new to this forum, but I need some advice.
I aquired the 240D about 2months ago, it had been sitting for about 6months prior to that. Since then I have replaced all the fuel lines from the tank forward, filters, and most recently the fuel pump. Here is the problem I have been chasing.
Basically the car starts fine and runs decent, you start driving down the road and completely randomly the car starts to Stumble, sputter and loss all power (<HA!), it can be floored and the engines revs will not climb. Most of the time it will still be running (barely), allowing me to pull to the side, and most of the time the car will then resume running perfect!?! It happens on staightaways, hills, incline doesn't seem to matter. It seems I own a car which I can't trust to drive anywhere, a terrible feeling. Real problem is, my brother is flying into town to pic the car up and drive back to NC from GA....and my mechanic is at a loss of what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Clueless about what the next step should be. Thanks
Andre'
1982 240D
I aquired the 240D about 2months ago, it had been sitting for about 6months prior to that. Since then I have replaced all the fuel lines from the tank forward, filters, and most recently the fuel pump. Here is the problem I have been chasing.
Basically the car starts fine and runs decent, you start driving down the road and completely randomly the car starts to Stumble, sputter and loss all power (<HA!), it can be floored and the engines revs will not climb. Most of the time it will still be running (barely), allowing me to pull to the side, and most of the time the car will then resume running perfect!?! It happens on staightaways, hills, incline doesn't seem to matter. It seems I own a car which I can't trust to drive anywhere, a terrible feeling. Real problem is, my brother is flying into town to pic the car up and drive back to NC from GA....and my mechanic is at a loss of what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Clueless about what the next step should be. Thanks
Andre'
1982 240D