[DML] Re: Car won't go over 1500 RPMs (and radio won't work)

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If your fuel was that bad you have to do more than just drain and
refill the tank. You should flush out the entire fuel system, wipe out
the tank, replace the fuel filter, and have the injectors cleaned. In
doing all that you will be inspecting everything and replacing any bad
or questionable parts. When you are done the car should run a lot
better. The starter locking up on you was probably caused by all the
fuel and water you pumped into the engine, it isn't compressable in
liquid form. Another reason not to jumper the fuel relay for long
periods of time without the motor running. You *could* try using a lot
of Dry Gas or injector cleaner and hoping for the best but that isn't
such a good idea. 
 Since you do not have an origional radio there is no way of knowing
how it is hooked up. You just have to follow the wires and see where
the power stops going to the radio. On the origional radio there were
in-line fuses in the console behind the radio which can blow or the
fuse holders sometimes just break leaving the fuse loose and not
making contact. Just a guess but the radio may now be getting it's
power off the lighter circuit and if it went dead that may why the
radio is dead too.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757 


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Joe Angell <jangell@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi all.  First off, thanks to everyone for the help in the past.  I 
> really appreciate it.  Unfortunately, things have gone bad on me again.
> 
> I just drove from northern Vermont to Connecticut for Thanksgiving.  
> Besides a couple minor mishaps (headlight relay socket getting loose, 
> high beam fuse blowing out and MELTING in the fuse box), things went 
> well.
> 
> The next day I went out and filled up with gas, putting about 11.5 









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