Why is it that when one of your kids has the family 245 out, it's never a good thing when the phone rings just before midnight? Some of you may remember my Christmas Eve odyssey when Betsy broke down in NYC and yours truly drove 4 hours from PA to rescue my daughter and our semi-trusty 245. Saved the day in 15 minutes after finding a corroded 25 amp fuse under the hood. Last night was my son's turn. Lucky for me he was coming home from work and only 2 miles away.
He thought he was out of gas so I put 5 gallons in. Still would not run unless I rapidly pumped the gas pedal at about 50 cycles per second :o)! But even then it would barely run. Stop pumping the throttle and it died. Remembering what I had read on Brickboard, I disconnected the plug from the air mass meter. Betsy finally started up normally and ran at idle. I was then able to limp home. Today she started up while the AMM was still disconnected but died when I plugged the connector in. I've tested the AMM per the Bentley and Brickboard FAQ 700/900 series. For the LH-2.2 I should have 3.5 o 4.0 ohms between terminals 2 and 3. I am getting 2.9 ohms. Idle mixture potentiometer range is 0-1000 ohms. I have .297 ohms which is low but within range. Time for a new AMM? Just wanted to run this by you guys to try to avoid the shotgun approach in parts replacement.

Also, noticed the connector to the throttle switch was oily. Removed the connector from the switch and found motor oil inside the connector. Any ideas as to the cause of this?

Thanks!
Mark Bugyi
Easton, PA
1988 245DL 140,000