[DMCForum] Re: Various DeLorean Problems (Walt Coe)
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[DMCForum] Re: Various DeLorean Problems (Walt Coe)
- From: "content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 05:35:52 -0000
Can I ask a silly question:
Why do people give me all this crap for installing an engine that was
already carbureted from the factory, then turn right around and lament
all manner of starting & running problems with their own blocks? I
don't have a single one of them. Yet I'm supposed to be some sort of
blot on the pristine DeLorean landscape for washing my hands of K
Jetronic (which wasn't original to the PRV anyway, thank you very
much). No offense, but from where I sit it's starting to look like
mine may be the only car reliable car out there.
What's the emoticon for rolling one's eyes and shaking one's head?
Bill Robertson
#5939
>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> 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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