Re: Wont start when damp

["basfe25" <dmcman73@xxxx>]

How old are the spark plug wires? Uusally if the wires insulation 
breaks down (age, sheild cracks, ect) they will ark to ground (spark 
goes into ground instead of going to the plugs) when damp. If there 
is a minor hairline crack in the distributor that could also cause a 
arc to ground. To test your wires a simple way would be to start up 
your car, get a water spray bottle filled with regular tap water, 
spray a fine mist onto the wires and see if the engine dies. If it 
does chances are you have bad wires/boots. If you spray a mist over 
the cap and it dies then you may have a bad cap. It's not 100% 
accurate but it is helpfull.

Steve

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> Annoying problem with my car: When the weather's damp, it just 
refuses
> to start - pops a couple of times on maybe two cylinders but 
otherwise
> just cranks. The most recent occasion it'd been under a cover and 
the
> engine was dry - it was just a typical gloomy damp cold english 
morning.
> We put a hairdryer on the distributor for 30 seconds and it fired 
up
> first time!!!!
> 
> What on the dizzy should I check? It can't be much different from 
any
> other DeLorean. The cap and rotor looked like this when she was 
worked
> on last october
> 
> http://www.delorean.co.uk/pictures/DCP02232.jpg
> 
> Martin
> #1458