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No start condition 200 1988

posted by  joekidd on  Tue Sep 15 07:34 CST 2015
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So went on a short trip.Came back after about a half hour and car would crank fine but no start,puttering sound very faint. Checked 25 amp fuse, fuses 4+6, jumpered heard pumps wind up, unplug AMM still no start. Remove oil cap cam turning timing belt ok,.Fuel pump relay I replaced recently so didnt bother to check it.GRRRR. Remove Distributor cap looks ok, replace rotor with old spare in trunk and it fires rite up. Ohm out rotor later and sure enough reads open from center to tip. First time for everything as in my 37 yrs of driving 140s, 164s,240s and 740s I have never had one go bad. And yes it was a bosch rotor.








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    No start condition 200 1988

    posted by  Onkel Udo II on  Tue Sep 15 07:45 CST 2015
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    A few years back there was very obviously bad batch of Bosch rotors where the button basically just fell off. We had probably about 5 reports in as many months here. Everyone has a bad lot of parts at some point.








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      No start condition 200 1988

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      posted by  Art Benstein on  Tue Sep 15 10:25 CST 2015
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      The open resistor is not a manufacturing defect. What it is, is a reminder to us that despite the lack of lead in our fuel, secondary ignition components are indeed wear items needing more than once-every-100K maintenance. The rotor doesn't always look like this to give its failure away.

      This same open rotor (only apparent with a meter) was one of my first Volvo experiences. What was significant, is I had just acquired a second 240, so the "spare part" was right at hand.



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        No start condition 200 1988

        posted by  Onkel Udo II on  Tue Sep 15 12:36 CST 2015
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        Art, I am specifically speaking of period that newly installed rotors were missing their button after just a few hundred miles. It happened during my last stint in Iraq so probably around 2011.








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          rotors missing buttons? 200 1988

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          posted by  Art Benstein on  Tue Sep 15 14:44 CST 2015
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          "I am specifically speaking of period that newly installed rotors were missing their button..."

          Yeah, I realized you jumped topics there talking about a missing button but it seemed as if you were lumping the open resistor into a category of assembly line goofs all manufacturers are prone to, even Bosch. This, because the OP said it was a young part.

          The resistor is part of the radio interference protection which includes plugs with resistors, and resistor wire.

          But on that rash of defective rotors, which I apparently missed even though I was not overseas... how come we never saw pictures? Could Bosch have pointed to failures in installation, as in forcing the button (which is really part of the cap btw) when snapping the cap down on an incompletely seated rotor?

          As occasional do-it-yourself mechanics and weekend racers, we are too quick to point fingers at others for our failures. Any day of the week you can read posts questioning the quality of parts just installed. Rarely does someone point out the error they made installing it.
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