Re: a couple of questions

["adam_one_million" <acprice1@xxxx>]

Hey, I am a new owner myself and I too dealt with the draining 
battery problem. It isn't normal for it to drain in two weeks time. 
You may have short or closed circuit in your car somewhere. 

With my car, it ended up being the courtesy lights for the doors. The 
switch on the side of the dash had actually pushed its way too far 
into the dash, so when the door was closed, the switch was still 
putting current to the lights.

As for the smoking exhaust, my car does this now and then for a few 
minutes after I first start it. I dont think thats normal either...

Adam

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Andrew Prentis <aprentis@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Guys,
> I'm a new DeLorean owner and just have a couple of
> questions about my car I hope you can help me with.
> 
> Yesterday when I went to start my car the battery was
> flat.The car hadn't been driven for a couple of
> weeks.Is it normal for a DeLorean battery to go flat
> in such a short time? I had to leave my
> other 'normal'car for a whole month and it started up
> again straight away.I drove the D for a solid hour to
> charge the battery up and it started okay today.Could
> there be something draining it while its not being
> driven?
> Also when i started it it blew a fair bit of smoke for
> about 30 seconds then cleared.Smoke was pretty clear
> in colour but reeked of petrol.It seems to do this
> only after not being driven for a week or so.Is this
> typical?Or do I have a problem?
> Thanks in advance for any answers or suggestions.
> Andrew Prentis
> VIN 2883
> Sydney,Australia
> 
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