Re: Fuel Pump Terminal Corrosion

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

The moral of this story is that after 20 some odd years ALL of the 
hidden areas of the car must be inspected. I also believe this points 
out that many of the fuel system problems begin at the fuel tank. This 
winter when you store your car for the season (all us owners up north) 
drain the tank and make a though inspection of the fuel tank and 
pump boot. There are many other hidden areas and someday maybe someone 
will make a list of them. It also sounds like the owner of this car 
never looked at the fuseblock before. It is always better to inspect 
and find potential problems before they cause trouble (like melted 
fuses) then when you are stranded. 
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "tmpintnl" <tobyp@xxxx> wrote:
> Hello List - I haven't seen this topic on the List yet, so I thought 
I 
> would toss this in for general information. Last night, I worked on 
a 
> DeLorean for several hours that was suffering from an "apparent hot 
> start" problem. The owner, who had just recently purchased the car, 
> went to a gas station for a fillup, and the car would not start 
> afterwards. We swapped the CPR and cold start connectors, and the 
car 
> started instantly, and idled with a slight "hunt". We turned it 
off, 
> and put the connectors back to their normal positions. The car 
would 
> not even think of starting after that. We confirmed a spark at the 
> spark plug high-tension leads. We confirmed a fuel delivery problem 
> by using starting fluid. The engine would catch, and then 
immediately 
> die. We looked at all applicable fuses and relays, and found a 
melted 
> fuse for the brake lights (!???) and a hot fuse for the electric 
> mirrors (!???). These were not involved in the immediate problem, 
but