[DML] Re: Top 3 or 4 things to check when car won't start

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If it won't start when hot the first thing that comes to mind is the
fuel accumulater. Do the plug swap thing and if it works then that's
probably the culprit. Another possability is a dirty connection in the
ignition circuit or maybe a bad ignition coil. Don Steiger created a
troubleshooting guide a long time ago. Try to get your hands on it.
When a motor cranks but doesn't start the first thing you need to do
is figure out if it has spark and fuel. Generally a motor won't start
because one or the other is missing. Once you can figure out which is
missing you try to narrow down the reasons. On a Delorean there are
some common ones so you go there first. Make sure the fuel pump is
running for instance. More rare but common enough to happen is a bad
pick-up coil in the distributer.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, billsfanmd@xxxx wrote:
> Every once in a while my car likes to remind me that it is a
Delorean. A few days ago in the school parking lot in front of about
15 students it 




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