Ryan, You may have a couple of things going on. A bad accumulator not holding the pressure on the system and a fuel mixture adjustment not right. You should be able to reach in the car and turn the key on and it crank right off. John Hervey www.specialtauto.com www.deloreanautoparts.com -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rydelo81 Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:46 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] problems starting it seems i always have to give my 81 delorean some gas to get the engine to turn over while cranking. tonight i got in and tried to crank it and on the second attempt it turned over while i added some gas and kept it at about 18rpms. took it out for a nice cruise and everything seemed fine. got it back in the garage and turned it off. i wanted to see if it would crank back up without giving it gas. it cranked and cranked, but would not turn over. is this a flooding issue? it does run a little rich at first. however, i thought after running it awhile it wouldn't have this problem. any thoughts? thanks everyone -ryan 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 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/