Re: [DML] Re: Cold engine performance problem

["Ed Garbade" <garbadee@xxxx>]

Thanks to John and David (advice below) I fixed this problem. Put plugs,
rotor, dist. cap, plug wires, and O2 sensor. Runs like a new car.

Can anyone pass along info on how to adjust the airflow mixture?

Ed
10541


----- Original Message -----
From: <dherv10@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 12:04 AM
Subject: [DML] Re: Cold engine performance problem


> Ed, From what your describing, I thing you need a all around tune up.
> Plugs, wires, cap, 02 sensor, so on. Has anyone took the dist cap off
> and looked inside. Be sure that when ever the 02 sensor is replaced,
> that you adjust the air flow mixture after the car heats up. Then go
> for a drive to burn off the rich mixture that may have built up on
> the 02 sensor. If it gets contaminated, you will have the problems
> your describing. Call if I can help.
> John Hervey
> www.specialTauto.com
> 800-413-3300.9-5 m-f.
>
>Before tearing into the fuel system to look for gremlins if the
>ignition wires and spark plugs are old try replacing them first. Also
>do a visual inspection of all of the vacuum hoses to see if they are
>on, correctly routed, not brittle, etc. Is the fuel fresh? If the car
>has been sitting and there is old gas in it it is less volitile and
>won't burn good until the engine gets hot. I have seen cars that sit a
>lot and the owner just keeps topping off the tank so the old stale
>fuel sludges up in the bottom. Another thing peculiar to Deloreans is
>that the plugs sit in a "well" so if any moisture gets in there it
>will cause a breakdown of the ignition wire going to the plug. Is the
>car kept outside or is it garaged? Is it worse after a rain?
>David Teitelbaum
>vin 10757