Ok, ok. I'm cookin' with gas now. I tinkered some more. You can really dork with the CO screw a lot and still have the car start and even idle well but drive like crap. Drivability is where the super-sensitivity comes into play. The "sweet spot" on that screw must be miniscule. I now have a great idle, power enough to accelerate in 4th gear uphill, and engine temperatures that make sense. I didn't go past the mark in between 100 and 220, even when trapped at stop lights. I didn't make it into 5th gear 'cause I'm still too chicken to take it out on a major road. I still feel I'm off a bit, but obviously I'm a lot closer. Is the gearing super-tall on this thing? In 3rd I seemed to be going -way- too fast for the semi-residential street I was on. --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote: > I don't remember if you said you changed the thermostat. I am wondering if > that may be sticking? I had that happen in another vehicle of mine and it > caused a random temperature change. > > Greg > > PS Where is Walto anyway? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxx] > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:18 PM > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Full power problems > > > Hm. I did not take it apart. Cleaning it sounds like a good idea tho. > > I've been dorking with the car since I got home today. I tested the > RPM relay. There's nothing wrong with it. Just an idiot check. > > I can see the timing advance when I rev it with the timing light. I > disconnected the vacuum advance as Bill suggested. It takes a -lot- > more to make it advance that way, which may indicate gooey bob-weights. > > I again, tinkered with the CO screw. I tried to richen it first. That > made matters worse. The engine seeked and wouldn't settle down no > matter how many other things I adjusted. When I revved it, it would > stutter and drag it's way up the RPM scale. > > I started leaning it out, and I hade more power, consistently. > However, something's not right now because it runs HOT, close to the > safety margin when I drive it. It should be cooler with air flowing > over the radiator. When it gets that hot, the power starts falling off > again. > > The first time I drove it that way, before it really heated up, I had > "highway power". As soon as I stopped to turn around, I lost a lot of it. > > The car is saying something...I'm not sure what though. > > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote: > > Did you dismatle and clean up the bob-weights in the distributor? They > > can get "gluey" and cause the symptoms you describe. Very common to > have > > a car that's sat for some time, run fine till you give it a good blast, > > then when you come back to it after it's cooled, it runs like a bag of > > poo. That's what happenned to #2292 - read all about it at > > www.ourdelorean.co.uk > > > > Martin > > > > cruznmd wrote: > > > > >I came home and ate some chow. Around 9 pm I decided I wanted to run > > >it again to make damn sure I fixed things. Instead, the car was > > >totally feeble, cold and hot. When revving, it seemed to be missing > > >on a cylinder, or starving for fuel, I'm not sure which. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=194081.3551198.4824677.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1706992/R=0/SIG=11pbr6uje/*http://www.ediets.com/start.cfm?code= 30508&media=atkins> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=194081.3551198.4824677.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1706992/rand=247258545> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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