Read the Owner's manual for the correct starting procedure. If it isn't easy to start when hot try the plug swap. If that helps you probably need a fuel accumulator. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "rydelo81" <rydelo81@...> wrote: > > 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 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/