[DML] Re: lost power

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you call P J Grady they should be able to look up in their records
and be able to tell you what if any work was done on your car by
either the vin # or the previous owner's name. If the engine was
overheated to the point it "locked up" then you may have serious
problems. Some of the symptoms you are seeing could be attributable to
this. You may have blown head gaskets and/or warped heads.
 For the trans problem it is VERY DANGEROUS for it to act this way.
You should immediatly check the shifter adjustment to make sure when
you place it in park the trans is actually in park. It is very
possible that Rob worked on the trans but did he actually rebuild it?
Did he install it or was it sent to a shop that installed it? These
things make a difference. 
 I would do a compression check on the engine and a combustion leak
test. On the trans I would do ALL the external adjustments as per the
Workshop Manual. Since it was overheated I would check all the vacuum
hoses, overheating the motor can cause them to get rock-hard and then
they crack and leak. Overheating also is BAD for the automatic trans.
I would change the trans fluid.
 Finally I would figure out why it overheated in the first place. What
do you have for the fan relay? Do you have any coolant leaks? Pressure
test to 15 PSI for 15 min. If the pressure doesn't hold you have a
leak somewhere even if you can't see it. 
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Darryl Givens <mydmc5898@xxxx> wrote:
> The tank was full, I usually make sure as I did in this case that
the fuel gage and level are accurate. The pump is fairly new I replced
it in 2002 along with the accumulator. In the summer of 2002 I
replaced the pick up hose. However the garage that did this also
allowed the car to overheat and lock up until another garage got it
running so I don't know the extennt of the damage. I've had the car
back since March and have only had idle problems. We repalced the idle
ecu and motor, along with the water pump. The car seems to idle hard
when first started, but I have only ever heard one DeLorean and its
been mine so I don't know what a normal sounding DMC-12 should sound
like. The car also developed a problem which I just noticed to night
and I wounder if these two are realted. When I started the car (its an
OCT built and its and automatic) the car was in P and when fired up
the car lunged backwards for a second. I shut it off and tried again,
it again wanted to go backwards. I shut
>  the car off and on third try the car started and idled a little
hard but was fine. I know the transmission was rebuilt sometime before
2000 and the original owners claim that PJ Grady did the work not some
second rate job done on it. But I was never able to confirm this. 
>  
> Darryl
> 5898
>  
> The car is currently at the garage, I didn't trust it when I drove
it to work (I work part time at a drug store only about 5-8 min
depending on traffic) it shook and idled funny.  
> 
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