[DML] Re: lost power (various grounds)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't forget to check the ground wire from your block (passenger side,
by the motor mount). Very vulnerable to rust and corrosion -- why do
so many manufacturers (not just DMC) ground the block right next to
the road? Without it you lose ignition.

If your engine died suddenly, I'd suspect an electrical problem. On
carbureted vehicles at least, fuel supply problems usually creep in
over many revolutions. An electrical problem can stop the engine
immediately.

Also ensure your fuel pump has a good ground. I've seen 3 different
DeLoreans (mine included) with bypassed inertia switches. I think it
is a very common mod. This puts your pump at the mercy of whatever
alternative ground the previous owner rigged up. 

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mydmc5898" <mydmc5898@xxxx> wrote:
> Ok I was driving home after a successful day of driving my D, anyway 
> I stoped with a friend to go get coffee, and as we pulled back out 
> onto the highway the car just shut off, all the electricaly stuff, 
> radio, lights, etc... stayed on but I couldn't get the car to start. 
> I went back to see if anythinf was leaking, fell off, what have you 
> but everything seemed fine no smell, nothing. So I tired maybe six 
> times, on the seventh the car beagan to shake and the last and 8th 
> time it started fine, it would shake a few times when we slowed down 
> but never died at all. What could have caused this?
> 
> 
> Thanks 
> Darryl
> 5898



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