RE: [doc] fuel distributer

["Richard Hutchinson" <dickyh11@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From your description I'd say it may be worth looking at the CPR

Your metering head/engine are safe for now :)

Rich Hutchinson
DOC 365 VIN 1274


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> From: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> Mathew Tucker
> Sent: 09 January 2006 21:59
> To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [doc] fuel distributer
> 
> Hi Martin
> 
>   I will try and explain the symtoms a bit more clearly...
> 
>   In first or second gear driving at around 10 to 15 mph the car is
fine -
> no lag no smoke.  When you get fast enough to get into third gear and
you
> put your foot down you can feel the car hesitating and thats when it
makes
> a low audible humming noise and then after a delay of about 10 seconds
it
> picks up speed.  This will happen if the car has not been driven in a
few
> weeks and only happens for about the first 10 minutes the car is
driven,
> if you drive the car everyday the symtoms never arise.  I had the
feeling
> that there was some gunge still in the old fuel lines and in the
metering
> head that was blocking fuel from getting to the engine and by blasting
the
> throttle it was clearing the gunge and this was making the smoke - I
know
> for a fact that the car is not rich as he passed the emmisions test in
his
> mot about 3 weeks ago with fllying colours.
> 
>   I dont think the car is in any way faulty but to know that his
metering
> head/engine is not about to blow up would help us a great deal!!!!
> 
>   Mat
>   Northern Ireland.
> 
> Martin Gutkowski - DMC Ltd <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   Hi Mat
> 
> Fuel distributors rarely go bad and whatever you do, don't take it to
> pieces and try doing it yourself. They are very delicate, but
extremely
> simple inside and there's not a lot you can just clean.
> 
> I sounds like it's running very rich if you're getting black smoke,
and
> hesitation under accelleration can be an awful lot of things from the
> advance bob-weights in the ignition distributor to the lambda system,
to
> the control pressure regulator - and I've once had a metering head
where
> the plunger was too tight and wouldn't move freely. It's tough to say
> for sure.
> 
> I have a known good secondhand metering head on the shelf. A
refurbished
> one, through us is around £300.
> 
> Martin
> DMC Ltd
> www.delorean.co.uk
> 
> mattuckerdmc wrote:
> 
> >Hi all
> >
> >Helping a friend with his car and he thinks he needs his fuel
> >distributer looked at - maybe even cleaned and all the o-rings and
> >seals replaced.  His car sat for a long time and when he drives the
> >car (usually once a fortnight) it can be very hesitant under
> >acceleration and alot of smoke comes out the back but after about 10
> >mins or so and a tank full of injector cleaner it is fine. There must
> >be a build up of crap in it as we have checked the injectors and they
> >are fine.
> >
> >Is there a company that does this or how much would it be for a NEW
> >one or is that a silly question!!!
> >
> >Mat
> >N.Ireland
> >
> >
> 
> 
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