I took my car in for an oil change (at Mission Plaza for anyone that lives in Santa Rosa) and afterwards it seems as if I have a lot less power. It seems as if the throttle won't open up as much! As in I have to mash the pedal way more than i ever did, at least after ALDA adjustments. They seemed like a decent bunch of guys, i watched em do the work but I suppose they coulda have kicked a couple vacuum hoses loose or something. I'm kinda angry cause I had my 300Dturbo running like a champ after ALDA adjustments and such.

Now, before I took it in there were 3 or 4 vacuum lines disconnected, i never figured em out. I found that vacuum diagram for my 1985 CA version but never figured out what all those fancy words like switchover valve, vacuum damper, vacuum transducer, control unit, etc were referring to But my car still ran ok so I never really bothered with them too much.

Anyways, today I found a loose vacuum line running from the turbocharger (its coupled with the EGR line) that doesn't lead anywhere. After a little bit of research i find this to be the air recirculator or something to that effect, could this disconnection be related to my power loss?

Now, before i researched this, I tried following the vacuum diagram and plugged it into...something... (what i thought was a switchover valve) and now my engine won't turn off, unless I pop the hood and push the stop lever (takes a good push, too). I disconnected this line but the engine will still run. Any ideas? D:

-Ara

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi