I don't know the type of battery you have, but convential batteries on a charger will release a vapor that will corrode the contacts in the relay compartment just above the battery. I would be suspect of the connections in the relay compartment, especially at the RPM relay. Harold McElraft - 3354 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Bruce Benson" <delornut@xxxx> wrote: > The RPM relay shuts off the fuel pump if it doesn't sense the engine running > within a limited time frame. By turning the ignition off and then retrying > you start the cycle again and the pump runs again for a short time. If the > car has sat for a long time a couple of short bursts of the starter with > ignition off in between will work while continual cranking won't. I wouldn't > keep a maintainer on the battery myself as the constant electrical current > coupled with the variety of dissimilar metals in the engine could create an > electrolysis condition that could work at corroding the engines interior > castings. A battery cutoff switch would be much better in my oppinion. > > Bruce Benson > >Subject: [DML] Delorean Cold ..er..."Ocassional" starting > > > > Had a tech question - My car seems to run fine...once it gets > > running. I have to admin I don't drive it a whole lot, and I usually > > keep it on a maintainer when it's in storage. However, if it's > > sitting, for say a few weeks... I go to start the car, it turns over > > just fine, but it's as if it's not getting enough gas. Giving it > > gas or just letting it crank doesn't do anything beneficial... But > > if you turn the ignition, let it crank for a couple seconds, then > > shut if off, then crank for a couple more seconds, and repeat > > several times, eventually it gets happy, starts to sound like it's > > trying to actually start up rather than endless cranking, and > > eventually 'catches' and starts running where it goes into a nice > > smooth startup cycle, and idles and runs cleanly after that. > Pete