Nope, I didn't eat beans :) Today was my bi-weekly "take the d car out, wash it, and feel proud" day, weather was perfect,around 65, and sunny. My fuel gauge doesn't work, so after calling the folks in Houston, he said to try and fill the tank up and it might snap it into shape (it didnt, but thats not the issue)... I topped the tank off, held about 11 bux, or 7.9 gallons.... then the pump shut off... I go to put the nozzle back on the pump, and my foot slips, I look down, and there is gas running out of the bottom of the car like a garden hose. It's getting everywhere... quickly, I go in and wash off the bottom of my shoe, go and get in the car, and take it back to my storage garage, get out, and find its not leaking anymore.... so, I continue on with my plans... I drive approximately 35 miles into town and get to Wal-mart where I am going to buy a chamois (shammy) to wash it and then use some of the polish I got from houston.... I go in the store for about 20 minutes, come back out, and the car won't start. I try for about 10 minutes, pumping the gas, etc. until finally the starter gets groggy sounding (low battery), so I stop, call my wife, and she meets me there. We go get some dinner, and I've concluded at this point the car leaked all the gas out.. so, I go back to walmart and get a gas can, goto a gas station, get 3 gallons of gas, and head back to the delorean... (and let me tell you, I never had a problem with the gas tank being in the front of the car on the hood until I tried to dump gas from a bottle in it.. got ALL over me AND the car).. anyhow, I dump it in, and sure enough, its running out of the bottom of the car again....but it started. Rather than call Triple A and tow it, I run the car to the gas station, (I was going to fill it up again and book like hell home).. well, the tank will only hold 83 cents, and the leaking started again, then stopped. Car started, ran well all the way home (other than a real strong gas smell which I am assuming came from the big mess I made all over the hood)... I called the former owner and he said that "oh!! you never want to fill the thing up, I only put 5-7 gallons in at a time so I know how much is in there.. if you fill it up, the Delorean has an over-flow, and dumps it on the ground.. when u filled it up, it was spurting out the overflow)... Ok - is this true? Is the over flow that bad it spits it out of the bottom, before the pump shuts off? He said the reason it wouldnt start is because I flooded it... well, i did get it started again, and it held .80 so that told me it was full... Do I have a problem here, or was this a case of over filling the car? also, second question, the button to turn on my headlights isnt working half the time.. I have to push the button like 25-30 times before it will stay in the on position... is this common, and if so, are there replacements that are easy to go in? This is VIN 855, an early car, and when I called DMC in houston he said, "all I can tell you is look out, thats an early model and they were experiementing with them, I bet your doors don't quite fit right", and he's right.. the car has little flaws (dont bug me, makes it more original)... I'm wondering, this car has a little over 4000 miles on it.... so I can assume it hasnt had long enogh for most of the problems to occur that others have had (it runs great other than what just happened in this messagE)... would it be wise for me to ship the car to say Houston, or DMC joe and have the thing "upgraded" with all the latest fixes before running into them one at a time? And if so, what kinda cost would we look at? So far I have no brake lights, no fuel gauge, and thats it.. but I've seen nightmares regarding fuel pumps, windows, and other things quite often in the news list. When I bought this car I knew of the common quirks.. this car is my baby, so I dont mind the things that come with it, but I'd prefer to fix it all at once instead of piece mealing it, because I have to ship it off to get it fixed... sorry for rambling, I get to talking about delorean's and I cant stop :) Oh, and one other last thing, my car doesnt over heat, but it was spitting out some serious anti-freeze at walmart... is there a common place to look for a leak? Thanks, Mike VIN 855 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/