im new here, please help me out! ok heres the deal...i have an 83 240 turbo. the problem is it will not start...and when it does, it will not run (idle) on its own. this started on sunday morning when i ran the tank to empty (**first thing to take into consideration**) i went to get some gas, and put 16 oz of fuel injector cleaner(i thought it could use some as it seemed like it needed it) in with about 10 gallons of fuel (twice as much cleaner as it said... but i wasnt paying attention...) on the way home from the station, the car would not idle. if i let off the gas it would die. at every light i had to start it again, until at one it just wouldnt start anymore. thats where i am now. if i charge the battery and wait a while it will start, but it will not idle. it purs running at 2000-3000 rpm, and WILL sit at 1000 if i have a tiny bit of gas, but upon letting off the gas it dies. (this is in park/neutral) i was at school all day and it charged all last night, when i got home i changed the spark plugs and started it up and it had the same symptoms of not idling. (the plugs had been indicating a rich mixture)** take into consideration**

so far, i have changed those plugs, checked the resistance in the ignition coil (perfect), checked the ballast resistor (looks good), looked for vacuum leaks (cant find any). i dont think it is idle speed as it was working fine the week before ALTHOUGH almost the whole time i have had the car is has bobbled with the idle but recovered (rpms goes up and down from 500-1250 until it stablizes right under 1000) battery charge is ok.

so, i dont know what else to do! ive been looking for the air mass meter but i dont exactly know where it is because it looks different than all the pictures i have seen. is it the thing on the air intake with all the fuel tubes running to it and then to the fuel injectors???

i have narrowed down the possibilities to air problems, (air mass meter) fuel problems ( clogged air filter from running my gas all the way down) or something else electrical... I pressure washed the engine saturday morning but it ran fine all of saturday and sunday morning until i ran the gas to completely empty. what else could it be????

please reply or email me at *chrisahl66@hotmail.com* as i am in extreme need of help! thanks everyone so much for reading - chris ahl