Re: [DMCForum] Do Fuel Accumulators just Die overnight?? I'm confused here..

["Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxxxxx>]

Joe,

Next I expect you to say that your car has the same
acceleration problem that mine & Rich's have.  I say this
because my car has a very similar warm start problem.

Recently my car intermittently had a light hot start
problem.  I say intermittent because it didn't happen every
time.  And I say light because it wasn't impossible to
start.  I just took maybe 20 seconds worth of cranking.  I
suspected the accumulator.  The lines to it were original
when I got the car, but the accumulator had already been
replaced.  So I replaced the lines and kept using the same
accumulator for the last 4 years.  There was no telling how
old the accumulator was.  I have heard that NOS (*) ones are
old enough now that they can go bad quickly.

So to test mine, I pulled the return line & plugged it.
Then I hooked a clear hose to the barb on the accumulator.
Nothing came out which indicates that it's good.  But this
was an intermittent problem so maybe it is good only this
time and not the next.  So I came back a few hours later and
tried again.  This time enough fuel leaked out to tell me
that the accumulator indeed had a leaky diaphragm.  I put a
new one on and have not had a hot start problem since.

Now I just have a warm start problem.  The car starts fine
when hot.  It seems to take about 40 minutes or so of
cooling down before the problem appears.  This is not
characteristic of a hot start problem because those usually
clear up after about 40 minutes of cooling down.  (But I'm
not an expert on these.  Maybe someone else can say
otherwise.)

Samuel's car has a really pernicious hot start problem.  If
he stalls it at a light, it won't start again. (Right
Samuel?)  We replaced the accumulator and ... sheeez... I
can't remember.  After working on several, they all start to
look alike.  I can't even remember if work I've done was to
my own car or to someone else's!  Gag!  Anyway, we replaced
his accumulator and I think the fuel pump and it still has a
hot start problem.  What's left?  The fuel distributor?
Err, I mean the fuel metering head?

Anyway, the car has more serious problems than the warm
start issue.  If I can figure out the acceleration problem
then maybe this will solve the warm start problem too.  I'm
hoping Rich will figure it out so I won't have to. ;-)

Walt    Tampa, Floridiot

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