[DML] Re: Fuel Pump Not Getting Voltage After RPM Relay Replaced

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You need to pull the washer bottle bucket down by the left, front 
wheel and check the plug in the wiring harness. The fuel pump power 
goes through it and if it has a bad connection you won't have power 
or ground for the pump. You also have to check the fuse and the 
connectors in the fuse block for overheating damage. Finally you 
need to check the inertia switch. The ground for the fuel pump goes 
through it. It could be bad, the connector could be burnt, or you 
may not have the newer switch. If the inertia switch does NOT have a 
white paint splotch you need to replace it as per the recall. It is 
also supposed to be relocated to the side of the footwell, not on 
the Lamba counter. When you have bad connections in a circuit it 
drops the voltage in the circuit causing the load to draw more amps. 
The additional amperage casues more heat to be created increasing 
the resistance which increases the current. Bottom line, a bad 
connection in a circuit will cause ALL of the connections in that 
circuit to overheat.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "davvet2" <davvet2@...> wrote:
>
> 
> My Delorean wasn't getting power to the fuel pump, and I replaced 
the 
> RPM relay. Still didn't work, so I ran a new wire to the pump, and 
cut 
> the blue/white wire at the relay and soldered the pump wire. I 
checked, 
> and the pump ran. It started, I drove it out of the garage and was 
> putting some things back into place -- and after 3 hours I tried 
to 
> start it and it ran for a second, then quit. I checked the fuel 
pump 
> for power, there was none. I checked the pump wire at the relay, 
no 
> power. I tried to use a jumper on the relay to make it start  
still 
> wouldn't start, and I heard some clicking going on in the main & 
aux 
> relay area. Finally gave up and pushed it back in the garage and 
have 
> been searching the website for answers. Is it possible that I have 
a 
> bad ignition coil or would it be something else?
> 
> If it's the coil, could someone give me a part number where I can 
get 
> it quickly (locally)?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim
>




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