I am in total agreement with Mike Griese on this one. Before you attempt to start the engine again you must find out what is causing the high fuel pressure. Untill this has been discovered, do not make any attempt to adjust either the air/fuel mixture, or the Primary Pressure Regulator. Black smoke is an indication of an incomple burn inside of the cylinders. The gasoline you smell is eveidence of a way- too-rich fuel mixture. This is a fire hazard for both you and the car. If run this way long enough the catalytic converter and the muffler will glow red. This is not a good situation to a volatile gas vapors in. Plus if run long enough you can damage the engine by washing the cylinders out. When this happens, gasoline will wash the protective oil coating off the cylinder walls allowing the pistons to score the sleeves. Unless something else is discovered, this should for the most part be a relativly easy repair. Do not rush the car, and take things one step at a time. If you don't, she will not respond very well to you. -Robert vin 6585 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote: > Hello All, > > still having troubles starting. my dad and i would like to get the car out > of the garage and into the driveway. i tried starting it today and my dad > said there is black smoke coming out of the pipes and my garage is starting > to reek of way too rich exhaust. we would like to adjust the mixture. it is > the allen screw at the base of the fuel distributer, correct? > > which way is lean, and which way to rich? is it very sensitive? i do not > want to start adusting stuff without knowing how much i am doing it! > > i would like to do this tomorrow morning. therefore, if you have info on > this, please email me privately so i do not need to wait for the list to get > sent out. > > thanks! > Andy > > Soma576@xxxx > 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596 > Fargo, ND 58102 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]