Hi everyone,

Once in a while my 300D keeps running. The times when it does this are really without rhyme or reason, sometimes I could have been using it, generating plenty of vacuum and it wont turn off, and sometimes I can have it sitting for a few days, run it for 5 minutes and it wont turn off... Kind of odd.

But anyway, my question is regarding shutoff. The other day it was raining, and the car wouldnt turn off. I tried all sorts of things, locking and unlocking doors, climate control on and off, etc., and couldnt get it to turn off. Eventually I got all wet (dressed up in suit too), opened the hood, killed it, etc.

So, my question is, what if I turn off the car, put the key in the off position and pull the key out, turn off everything, and lock the doors and leave it? It can either somehow generate vacuum in some amount of time and turn itself off, or keep running until I return to it an hour later. Is it OK to do this? The battery dummy light turns on, but since there isnt really any electircal load, I dont see why this owuld be a problem.

Any info would be appreciated, thanks

JMH

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (116k)
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1983 300D (228K), 1985 300D (233K), 1993 300D 2.5T (338k), 1993 300SD (291k)