Re: [DML] Re: Cold engine performance problem
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Re: [DML] Re: Cold engine performance problem



Will do the wires and plugs this weekend. Fuel is fresh. Water makes it
worse so will check that too.


----- Original Message -----
From: <jtrealty@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 7:46 PM
Subject: [DML] Re: Cold engine performance problem


> Before tearing into the fuel system to look for gremlins if the
> ignition wires and spark plugs are old try replacing them first. Also
> do a visual inspection of all of the vacuum hoses to see if they are
> on, correctly routed, not brittle, etc. Is the fuel fresh? If the car
> has been sitting and there is old gas in it it is less volitile and
> won't burn good until the engine gets hot. I have seen cars that sit a
> lot and the owner just keeps topping off the tank so the old stale
> fuel sludges up in the bottom. Another thing peculiar to Deloreans is
> that the plugs sit in a "well" so if any moisture gets in there it
> will cause a breakdown of the ignition wire going to the plug. Is the
> car kept outside or is it garaged? Is it worse after a rain?
> David Teitelbaum
> vin 10757
>
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> --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Ed Garbade" <garbadee@xxxx> wrote:
> > My D seems to start OK but I have an interesting performance
> problem. When
> > I frist start the car it runs fine. After a mile or so it runs very
> bad
> > until the engine warms up. Typical examples:
> >
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