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Weird stalling issue with '88 245DL

The other night my 245DL stalled as I was making a sharp right turn into a parking lot. The engine stopped and all the dash lights came on. I was going fairly fast (20MPH or so) and there was a big bump in the road from where construction was taking place so I'm not sure if that might have jostled something and caused it. Immediately, I tried to restart it but it just cranked and never fired. I waited about 5 minutes and tried again and it started right up and ran like normal.
I thought maybe the battery was loose and shorted against the hood or something when I hit the bump, but it doesn't seem like it is loose enough for that to happen, but I secured it with a bungee just to be safe.
Has anyone else encountered such a thing before? Any ideas what might be going on?
UPDATE: I was able to replicate the same thing tonight by taking a fast right turn, exact same thing happened. It only seems to happen on right-hand turns so far.








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Weird stalling issue with '88 245DL

how full is the tank.








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Potentially failed in tank pump or the rubber hose between the pump and fuel pipe.

If you fill the tank and cannot replicate, that is likely it.








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Less than 1/4 tank, but still above the red line.








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What condition are your engine mounts & transmission mount? When rubber mounts on my 245 were very soft and compressed the sheet metal tunnel rubbed and chafed a wire against the tranny. It frequently shorted and killed the engine when I hit bumps.







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