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Old 08-26-2007, 05:48 PM
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quickie shutoff troubleshooting question

Hi,
Tracing down the "won't shut off" situation on a manual transmission 240D.

Vacuum on the brown hose shuts it down right away, so from what I understand I'm down to either a leak somewhere else in the system or the key switch loop having a leak/not working.

Now if I don't care about any of the non-essential vacuum consumers, how do I eliminate that possibility? I tried blocking off everything that goes into the firewall from the T on the hose between brake booster (?) and vacuum pump, but that didn't help things. I don't think this is the right thing to do though to get what I want. Which hoses should I unplug and block to leave just the key circuit operational?

Thanks!

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Old 08-26-2007, 06:46 PM
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Leave the brown line hooked up, disconnect the rest. That will tell you if your ignition switch is working.
Or, just run a rubber vacuum hose from the shut off out the cowl or into the interior and shut if off with a couple of hard sucks.
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Old 08-26-2007, 06:56 PM
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Mighty Vac

What Kerry said but use a mighty vac. Save you cheeks.
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Old 09-08-2007, 10:53 PM
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Turned out to be an easy fix.

Made sure connecting the hose from the main T to the shutoff valve woked
Connected the gray line that goes to the "ignition" switch right to the T and sure enough it worked too

Now the only issue is that the vacuum doesn't bleed out of the circuit fast enough, so it's impossible to re-start the engine right after shutting it down. I guess I need to take a needle and poke the rubber hose to fix that.

Do I understand correctly that the hoses I've disconnected were for door locks and maybe cruise control? This is a manual transmission 240D.
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Old 09-08-2007, 10:57 PM
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Brown is for shutoff
Yellow is for door locks
Yellow/gray is for the vac. reservoir under rear window shelf in trunk
Green/yellow is for a couple of vac pods for the heat/ac
Black/yellow is for old style cruise

I spent 4 hours working on mine today, so it is real "top of mind".

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