Good evening all.

1978 240D manual trans.

I noticed that there are two hose barbs on this car with no hoses attached. One seems to be a sensor in the thermostat housing on the upper passenger side of the engine and the other is a round canister type thing on top of the IP.

Should they have hoses, and if so where should they connect to? I checked the sticky vacuum diagram posts but couldn't find the info for this car.

Would either of these contribute to difficult starting?

Thanks

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Dropout

1978 240D work in progress

is generally bad glow plugs, low compression or a fuel problem = excess/lack of.

Best advice:
#1. Adjust your valves.
There are many threads on valve adjust, it is not a tough DIY.
#2. Check for power to glow plugs and replace any bad ones.
This thread may help.
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=104547&page=1&pp=15
#3. Replace fuel filters and repair any fuel leaks.

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id like to know what hooks to the connection on the silver canister on top of the ip-- my car has nothing connected to it!

the part i am talking about looks almost exactly like the mechanical fuel pump on an old vw.

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Nothing hooks there I don't believe.

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Gone:
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I would suggest a separate thread + year, make, model.

Wild guess:
240D without turbo, the device will be atmospheric pressure compensation valve.
A picture would really help.

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Prototype R&D/testing:
Thermal & Aerodynamic System Engineering (TASE) Senior vehicle instrumentation technician.
Noise Vibration and Harshness (NVH).
Dynamometer.
Heat exchanger durability.
HV-A/C Climate Control.
Vehicle build.
Fleet Durability
Technical Quality Auditor.
Automotive Technical Writer

1985 300SD
1983 300D
2003 Volvo V70

https://www.boldegoist.com/

I think the 82 240D vac diagrams apply here as well. From looking at this diagram (sticky) and my own 82 240D, I believe the thermostat housing sensor actually controls the egr. I've disabled egr, and taken out all the vacuum lines related to it.

I think the round thing atop the ip is the "vacuum control valve"--it should have a green "surge damper" connected to it, and from there, link to the vacuum supply (big line going from vacuum pump to brake booster).

I don't believe either of them are related to starting.

Good luck.

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'82 240D Manual 240D (sold)
'83 300D-T 230k (sold)
'84 300D-T 118k (sold)

The cannister on top of the IP is the altitude compensator and should not have anything connected to it. I don't know about the passenger's side of the engine. The 82 diagrams don't really apply, as there were a lot of changes between 79 and 80, and again in either 81 or 82 when they added EGR.

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Thanks everyone.

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Dropout

1978 240D work in progress