[DML] Re: DMC Maintenence

["dmc4matt" <dmc4matt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Everybody,

Thanks for all your input. It gives me a lot to think about! 
Hopefully it will be back soon!

Matt
VIN # 2205






--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dmc4matt" <dmc4matt@xxxx> wrote:
> Hey everybody,
> 
> Just bought a DeLorean a few weeks ago. It's an 81 Automatic, dark 
> grey interior, with 28K on it. I've always wanted one and thought 
> they are just the neatest looking cars. It runs and drives very 
well. 
> The previous owner (I'm guessing) didn't put in any of the updates 
> because everything looks original. I had the common (I think) hot 
> start problem. Everything i've read said the most common thing to 
fix 
> it is the fuel accumulator. I replaced that first, hoping it would 
> solve the problem. Well, it didn't, so I then tried the check valve 
O-
> Rings. It was missing the O-Ring on the piston, so i thought that 
> would solve my problem. I put the new rings in, and started it up. 
I 
> let it get warm, and shut it off. I let it sit for ten minutes, and 
> it fired right back up. I then did the same thing, letting it sit 
for 
> fifteen minutes. It fired back up. I took it down the street to put 
> gas in, and it wouldn't start again. I had to call a flatbed tow 
> truck to tow it two miles down the road :(  Since I live quite a 
bit 
> away from and of the DMC Service Centers, I called a local Volvo 
> service center. The owner, of course, knew that thew DeLoreans used 
> the same Bosch K Jetronic fuel system as a Volvo. They took the car 
> in, and started to check it out. His first thought was that it was 
> the fuel pump, but as he looked more into it, he thinks it may be 
the 
> fuel relay, because he says it smells burned. So that is where I am 
> with it.
> 
> My question: Has anyone had a similar problem like myself? 
> 
> Thanks!
> Matt 
> VIN # 2205




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