ok so first off, hello! my name is don and i own a 83 pale yellow 240D 4-speed all manual car.

also, i did read alot of posts to try and fix my problem first but nothing worked.


STARTER ISSUE! so my starter went out... got a new bosch and it worked fine. slowly it started to crank slower untill i couldnt get the car to start at all AND melted the rubber around my ground wire. i put a new solenoid in and tried to hook a jumper cable to the block and to the NEG on the battery to get a better ground, nothing! tried various ways of adding a new ground and still cranking slow.


HELP!!! brand new interstate battery too!

here is the first things that came to my mind,

new battery? maybe it didnt have much of a charge from the factory and your alternator is out too. what are you jumping it from?

has it had enough oil in it lately? sorry, i gotta ask because i had a buddy who bought a 240D in MT and killed it on the way back, cuz he "didnt know" he had to add oil to it.

how long have you had it?

good screen name by the way...

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1991 300 D 2.5 Turbo, 220k
also in the family:
1981 240 D 185k
1991 350 SD 185k
2006 S 500
2005 SLK 350