Well, here's another follow up on the 245 shutting down suddenly. I posted a couple of weeks ago that the car has, for several years and through one complete fuel pump change, shut down periodically when the temperatures outside are running above 100 degrees and the engine temp is around 205 (mechanical read out). After posting that I thought that replacing the Ignition Control Module corrected the problem(it did improve the over all performance), The we had a 108 degree day with the pavement temps climbing above 130, and the little wagon shut off again. This time it wasn't abrupt, and it happened in a left hand turn which seemed to be in-tank pump related. I limped it the rest of the way back home on one cylinder, and then ordered two new fuel pumps and a new filter which I installed today. In my mind, if I have another occurrence, the only thing left to look at is the ECU since the fuel pump relays are in good shape.
I might mention that the car has a heavy turbo duty radiator and uses no fluids of any kind.
Comments are welcome.
Regards,
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