Hey, I just had this exact problem with my car a few weeks ago. It finally turned out to be a bad Thermo-Time Switch. This is the temperature switch that tells the cold start valve to fire when the coolant is 95 F or below. As a temporary workaround until I can get the new switch I manually ground the cold start valve by putting a jumper from the blue-black wire on the TTS connector to a good ground, like the intake. This will force the cold start valve to fire even if the coolant is not 95 F or below. If this works, by a new switch, all the vendors have them for around $30. It's located on the left side of the water pump housing. Todd Nelson, 1561, Vermont ----- Original Message ----- From: "stefandmc" <stefandmc@xxxxxxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 3:19 PM Subject: [DML] Hard start issue? > Ok, heres what happened, > > I drove the delorean to school today ( and dont worry i have a > fairly small school where i dont have to worry about people > vandelizing the car) and this is my 3rd day driving it. The first > day when i go home the car starts up fine and takes me home. The > second day it wont start, but about the tird try it finally turns > over and starts. Now this is making me nervous. > > I talked myself into brining it to school today and see if it was > just a fluke. Well it starts up fine every morning out of my garage. > But after school i go to start it, it wont start. its trying to turn > over but just wont. So after about the 6th try i give up, call my > dad to pick me up. He tries it twice and it starts. But he had to > pump the gas pedal and put it right to the floor to get it to start. > So i have the car now in my garage. and im not taking it to school > again for a while until i solve this problem. The weird thing is > that it happend two days in a row. the second day the worst, and its > as if, when it sits in the sun all day, it wont work, but i can > start it after sitting a few days in my garage. Could the > temperature outside have anything to do with this? I dont think it > would but maybe im wrong. To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/