Driad_98,


I had a problem some years back with my 240D on fuel starvation. Everything was fine until I got to the actual mechanical fuel pump that works off of a cam in the I/P. The cam pushes a piston & an internal spring returns it. Turns out that from running sumped jet fuel & not waiting long enough for the water to settle out somehow got to the pump & started to seize the piston where the spring was returning it intermittently. I limped the last 30 miles home at very low speeds making the slightest grades at a crawl. I rebuilt the pump & watched the quality of the fuel & no more problems. Although this has got to be a less than common fuel problem. Paul.

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1984 300CD red/blk 290,000 partial resto
1980 240D 4 sp Brn/palomino gone
1997 Mazda Miata STO edition wife's baby
1988 Lincoln Mark VII LSC next resto
1986 Subaru GL wagon daily
1993 Isuzu pickup field beater
2008 Honda Civic EX-L 5sp wife's new car
1978 Honda XL350
1974 Honda XL70 my Calif. ride in HS