--- In dmcnews@xxxx, DMCVegas@xxxx wrote: > Recently I've been having a problem with hard starting with the D > when hot. If the engine is cold it will turn over almost > effortlessly. I am now an "expert" on this problem. Even John Delorean would call me if he had the problem as he should also understand that I am the worlds formost "expert." I had the exact same problem and I replaced vitually every component in the car at DMC in Garden Grove! The bills were staggering! The car would not hold presure after a shut down, and this is important for it to do so as to not vapor lock on a restart when hot. First it was the fuel injectors. After $187 in parts and $140 in labor it still did the exact same thing. It would start when it was cold and not when it was hot. We then "replaced" the check valve because the system would still not hold pressure. After a $69 check valve was installed and $285 dollars of additional diagnostic labor it still did the exact same thing! Next we replaced the fuel accumulator which I had replaced 11 months and 800 miles ago. After $109 and another $140 dollars of diagnostic labor it still did the exact same thing. Next we replaced the "o" rings in the fuel distributor and after several hundred more dollars of labor and parts, it still did the exact same thing! Next we put a clamp on the supply side of the fuel line at the distributor and it still lost pressure. The we put a clamp on the return line from the distributor and it held presuure. Somehow, we determined, after some additional labor, that it was the fuel distributor that was "defective." This was after we invested some more labor costs to see if the fuel pump was defective. We changed the fuel distributor and for some reason, which I do not understand, it now runs fine. It starts both hot and cold, it runs smoother, (the surging that used to exist on cold starts has improved) and I am ready to declare personal bankruptcy. On the serious side of things, try the fuel distributor as all of the "experts" will tell you that they never go bad and apparently, they do. In the meantime, pray that it is the accumulator as it is 1/10th the cost of the fuel distributor. I am now an expert and hopefully, you are too and, maybe, I'll be able to save you some of the expense that I incurred in the learning process. Scot 6452