Thanks everybody for the ideas. Once my leg is better, I will have to start doing some testing and replacing some vacuum tubing!
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Nate" <vwnate1@...> wrote:
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> It's because it's *NOT* a minor vacuum leak ! .
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> Fix it and the other slow leaks and all will be well again _and_ , the doors will self unlock in the morning.....
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> -Nate
> Jonathan wrote:
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> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > Reporting in with an interesting problem. I have a 1977 240D. Recently I noticed a hissing sound coming from the black rubber conduit that runs between the driver's door and the front fender.
> >
> > I drove for a couple of week, the car would loose some vacuum sitting, say at work, but after driving a few miles it would build vacuum up again. Since then, the car has sat several weeks because I had a surgery on my leg. When I went out last Wednesday and today, the car start as normal but I noticed, after about ten minutes, the locks would not work and the ignition key would not stop the engine.
> >
> > Right now, the power locks don't work, the transmission and brakes work fine, but the trunk is locked while everything else is unlocked?
> >
> > Any ideas on why it would suddenly stop building vacuum after having a small leak and sitting for a while?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Johnathan
> > 1977 240D, 224,780
> > Mixed driving, 30mpg
> >
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