Re: [DMCForum] a crappy running engine

["Marc Levy" <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>]

If your voltage is low, the coil is not getting its
full-power to light up the spark plugs..

Why does your voltage drop so low at idle??  fix that
problem along with the new cap/rotor/wires.  Make sure
your getting a good spark.


--- Walter Coe <Whalt@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is on a DeLorean that I affectionately refer to
> as my daily driver, but
> it usually turns out to be a few-days-a-month driver
> as I usually have it
> apart.  I'm so tired of the lack of acceleration
> that I decided to do
> something about it.  Y'all feel free to comment
> about what I'm doing right
> or wrong.
> 
> The symptom is that the engine lacks pep on
> acceleration from a stop light.
> If I rev the engine while I'm waiting there (usually
> to keep the battery
> voltage up because the a/c and fans are running)
> then when the light changes
> I put it in gear and go.... no problem.  But if I
> let it sit in neutral for
> 10 seconds or more and then put it in gear the
> engine hesitates when I try
> to accelerate.  If I accelerate gently then it
> hesitates until the engine
> gets to around 1500 to 2000 RPM and then it suddenly
> comes alive and has
> plenty of power.  But when I stomp on the pedal the
<SNIP>


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