RE: [DML] Delorean Cold ..er..."Ocassional" starting

["Kevin Abato" <delorean@xxxx>]

I had the SAME problem with my car. Turns out the battery was going on
me. Once I replaced it, the problem went away. Strangely enough, it
SEEMED like the car was ok because it was cranking, but it could not get
enough juice to catch. Once it ran for a while, it was charged enough
to run and start for the rest of the day, or the next day. Let it sit
for 4-5 days or more, and I was back in the same situation.

Kevin Abato
Vin# 16680

-----Original Message-----
From: pbartusek [mailto:pbmain@xxxx] 
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 5:30 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Delorean Cold ..er..."Ocassional" starting


Had a tech question - My car seems to run fine...once it gets 
running. I have to admin I don't drive it a whole lot, and I usually 
keep it on a maintainer when it's in storage. However, if it's 
sitting, for say a few weeks... I go to start the car, it turns over 
just fine, but it's as if it's not getting enough gas. Giving it 
gas or just letting it crank doesn't do anything beneficial... But 
if you turn the ignition, let it crank for a couple seconds, then 
shut if off, then crank for a couple more seconds, and repeat 
several times, eventually it gets happy, starts to sound like it's 
trying to actually start up rather than endless cranking, and 
eventually 'catches' and starts running where it goes into a nice 
smooth startup cycle, and idles and runs cleanly after that. It 
never varies... meaning, if it sits for a while, it takes just as 
long to start it every time..it's not something that 'may start 
right away'...it's always a couple minutes of this process.

If I go driving around for a while and then shut it off and go to 
start it again, it starts right up. Let it sit for the rest of the 
day, it still starts up just fine. It just doesn't like prolonged 
periods of sitting. I'm just trying to figure out what technically 
may be causing this issue, so I can find a way around having to do 
the circus act with the starter...it's definitely not helping the 
longevity of the starter...:)

Pete



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