240 B230F non-starting

Simon Ward · Feb 25th, 2003, 17:18

ok, here's a teaser for you. my 1992 240 developed a reluctance to start when damp, however after winding it over for ages it always went. the car behaved faultlessly other than that. i used the car on Sunday. On tuesday morning it refused to start. there is power to the coil and from the coil to the distributor, but absolutely no spark. I have changed HT leads and plugs. the distributor appears to function ie it's not damaged or seized. Any ideas or advice would be much appreciated!....

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simon
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migrator · Feb 25th, 2003, 18:25

Simon,

Try turning it over in the dark when you or a friend can have a look at the distributor cap. You are looking for something along the lines of the Blackpool Illuminations.

This is caused by the charge for each plug post tracking along tiny invisible cracks to earth.

The remedy is a new distributor cap if you find that the light display is there.

(Been there - done that and it did look pretty!!)

You could alsu ensure that the contact points on the posts are clean and good.

Simon Ward · Feb 27th, 2003, 12:55

thanks for the advice, i did try that and have tried a new cap and a good 2nd hand cap from anither car whcih was starting OK. Bizarrely enough after standing for a while to the car fired up Ok yesterday and has started every time since!
cheers
simon

Feb 25th, 2003, 17:18	#1
Simon Ward Club Director Last Online: Nov 29th, 2008 18:12 Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Lancaster View Photos By: Simon Ward	240 B230F non-starting ok, here's a teaser for you. my 1992 240 developed a reluctance to start when damp, however after winding it over for ages it always went. the car behaved faultlessly other than that. i used the car on Sunday. On tuesday morning it refused to start. there is power to the coil and from the coil to the distributor, but absolutely no spark. I have changed HT leads and plugs. the distributor appears to function ie it's not damaged or seized. Any ideas or advice would be much appreciated!.... cheers simon simon@unimogs.co.uk 015242 62922 Work 015242 62838 Home __________________ It's all sausage to me!

Feb 25th, 2003, 18:25	#2
migrator Aye - him again Last Online: Yesterday 18:30 Join Date: May 2001 Location: HAWICK	RE: 240 B230F non-starting Simon, Try turning it over in the dark when you or a friend can have a look at the distributor cap. You are looking for something along the lines of the Blackpool Illuminations. This is caused by the charge for each plug post tracking along tiny invisible cracks to earth. The remedy is a new distributor cap if you find that the light display is there. (Been there - done that and it did look pretty!!) You could alsu ensure that the contact points on the posts are clean and good. __________________ (Ouch - that's another knuckle ...) VOC 11817

Feb 27th, 2003, 12:55	#3
Simon Ward Club Director Last Online: Nov 29th, 2008 18:12 Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Lancaster View Photos By: Simon Ward	RE: 240 B230F non-starting thanks for the advice, i did try that and have tried a new cap and a good 2nd hand cap from anither car whcih was starting OK. Bizarrely enough after standing for a while to the car fired up Ok yesterday and has started every time since! cheers simon __________________ It's all sausage to me!

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