Derrick, Your problem could be a defective fuel accumulator or time temperature switch. Contact us directly for instructions on how to test each component. DMC Joe / De Lorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx> Web Site: <www.deloreanservices.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: Derrick Viane <clarion9375r@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 8:22 PM Subject: [DML] Won't start after sitting > Dear List, > > This should be an easy one for all of the DeLoorean veterans out there. > Here is the problem, My car sits in a garage right now, and I try to get > over to it once a week to start it and let it run, and sometimes drive > it(weather permitting). When I first get there after it has sat for about a > week and crank it over it will usually start on the first try, then stall, > and then I start it up again and it purrs like a kitten. I am sure it would > run all day if I left it. But when I turn it off like after a drive and > then try to start it again it has a really hard time starting again, once in > a while it will start with a little struggle, but most times I have to use a > squirt of starting fluid. When I do that it starts up then runs fine until > I shut it off again. It seems that it is not getting fuel after I shut it > off and then try to start it again, am I right? Could this be a problem > with the accumulator? The fuel pump was replaced by the previous owner. > Any help is welcomed. > > Thank you, > > Derrick Viane > > Experience is not what happens to you; It is what you do with what happens > to you. > Vin#1657 > > ______________________________________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- 20 megs of disk space in your group's Document Vault > -- http://www.egroups.com/docvault/dmcnews/?m=1 > > >