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Originally Posted by maddogg20
I thought that green was the climate control system and brown was doors etc, that right?
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Yes, and NO. Green is climate control stuff, solid yellow is door locks, yellow with gray stripe is vac reservoir for door lock stuff, black is a vent line, and brown is for the ignition/shutoff.
Your best bet is to find where lines go through firewall. Undo and plug everything but the brown, and see if car shuts off, which it should. [plug from vac side, not side going through firewall] Then plug in green and see if it makes a difference (it is very often this one. rubber bladders in vent pods). If green OK, hook up yellow, etc...... Usually a good way to do a quick check and isolate subsystem, then you can chase the actual leak from there.
On the overheat, always give the thermostat a try........
And, there really isn't a 300TDT, even though some folks call it that. That is in reference to a wagon, TD for "Touring Diesel", ie: wagon, and the second T for turbo, though by year we
should already know that.
Sounds like you have an '83 300D since you have an electric sunroof. Wagons have a manual sunroof. We know your's is turbo cause it's an '83.
Welcome, and enjoy that car. Sounds like you have used the search function. Use it early, use it often...........