Hello all!

Just yesterday, I was runing errands and turned my '89 240 (155K miles)on, then off three times in a row (I was trying to re-park). On the 3rd try, the car didn't turn over. The lights on the dash came on, door chime was on, but the engine didn't do a THING!

I waited a few minutes after trying to turn it on 10 times, then on the 11th time, it turned over. I drove it 5 minutes, parked, then it repeated this again no start until I let it sit for at least ten minutes or so.

After an hour of the car sitting, I drove it a few miles and the power slowly started wilting away. Dash lights became dimmer, the car started running rough and I pulled over and turned it off. Then tried to start it and nothing but dash lights and door chimes, but not a peep from the engine. Waited an hour and it started, but seemed to be running on 1/2 it's power/gusto.

I also noticed the left headlight is now out and one of the rear, right tailight bulbs is out.

Things to note:

I have a new (less than a year old)starter, fuel pump and timing belt and spark plugs.

For a month now, every 1 out of 10 times I would start it, the engine would rev very high for 10 seconds, then adjust itself to a normal idle.

Other than that no issues.

Please advise!

thanks in advance!
Bek

Appears to be likely to be bad/dirty or loose cables and grounds to the frame or engine. Thats covers from the battery and all around. The battery may not be getting charged to boot because of the above.

With out the proper amount of juice going around, things can get wacky!

The idle air control motor may be getting dirty to cause a lazy response to idle down. Otherwise, it is doing what it is supposed to do.

Phil