rumor has it that kevin wrote: > I NEVER thought that I would end up with a car that has this > problem, but old Granny has decided to spring it on me! She won't > shut off with the key, so I have to use the stop button under the > hood. Before this, there was a wire under the dash that would > cause the starter to cut in and out if it was jiggled, but that's > all fine now. Everything under the hood looks ok,. I thought it > must be under the dash at the ignition switch, but that looks fine > too. Could the ignition not be sending vac to the shutoff?
By any chance, did you just replace the oil filter? I seem to knock loose at least one vacuum line every time... > My next > test is to hook up a line directly to the shuttoff and try pumping a > vac on it or just use the old fashion method, sucking on it. Yup. Good plan. I have only changed them on the 4-cyl engines. There it's easy. I suspect it's a bit snug on a OM617. Kaleb will probably even give you a good deal on a used shutoff! -- Philip, with vacuum working again.
