[DML] Re: Won't start after sitting

["DMC Joe" <dmcjoe@xxxx>]

Derrick,

Your problem could be a defective fuel accumulator or time temperature
switch. Contact us directly for instructions on how to test each component.

DMC Joe / De Lorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx>

Web Site: <www.deloreanservices.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: Derrick Viane <clarion9375r@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 8:22 PM
Subject: [DML] Won't start after sitting


> Dear List,
>
> This should be an easy one for all of the DeLoorean veterans out there.
> Here is the problem, My car sits in a garage right now, and I try to get
> over to it once a week to start it and let it run, and sometimes drive
> it(weather permitting). When I first get there after it has sat for about
a
> week and crank it over it will usually start on the first try, then stall,
> and then I start it up again and it purrs like a kitten. I am sure it
would
> run all day if I left it. But when I turn it off like after a drive and
> then try to start it again it has a really hard time starting again, once
in
> a while it will start with a little struggle, but most times I have to use
a
> squirt of starting fluid. When I do that it starts up then runs fine
until
> I shut it off again. It seems that it is not getting fuel after I shut it
> off and then try to start it again, am I right? Could this be a problem
> with the accumulator? The fuel pump was replaced by the previous owner.
> Any help is welcomed.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Derrick Viane
>
> Experience is not what happens to you; It is what you do with what happens
> to you.
> Vin#1657
>
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