[DML] Re: Poor performance in the rain-HELP!

[lsoasey@xxxx]

Joshua,

I had nearly the same problem with my 81 a couple months ago. After quite a bit of trial and error it turned out to be as simple as a bad cap and rotor. The only problem is that the cap is hard to get to for a quick inspection. There are a couple of mounting bolts on top of the intake for the fuel distributor. If you remove these bolts (I beleave they are alen-head) You can pull up the fuel distributor enough to make the job somewhat easier. (You need to remove the plastic air filter/intake assmebly as well.) My distributor cap was very messy inside... Carbon trails everywhere. The little tab connecting the rotor to the cap center terminal was broken off too! After replacing these parts everything was back to normal.

-Luke Soasey



<6d8953f.2446269-@xxxx> wrote: 
Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/dmcnews/?start=18
> I'm having a problem with my D in the rain. When I'm drivingin the 
> rain, either on the highway or backroads, my car will begin to buck and 
> hesitate. If I try to accelerate, it does the same thing. The only way I can 
> get good acceleration is by downshifting. When I downshift from third to 
> second, I must wait until I reach 3500 RPM for the power to come online, 
> though this holds true for each gear. This will usually last for about 30-45 
> min worth of highway driving, then it clears up, but starts again after a 
> while. 
> Does anyone know what might be wrong with it? Has anyone ever had 
> this problem before? Is it possible that it has something to do with either 
> bad plugs, wires, cap or rotor (they were all changed 20,000 miles ago)? Any 
> advice wouls be appreciated. You can e-mail me at: jdsjlv@xxxxx
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Joshua Schwartz
> 001292
> Trumbull,CT
> P.S. Is anyone on the list from CT? 
> 

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