Re: Cold start problem

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

Make sure the battery is fully charged, it may be too low to start 
the car. Check to see if you have spark at one of the spark plugs, if 
not then you have to check out the ignition system. Could be as simple 
as loose-dirty connections at the ballast resistors or more 
complicated like a bad pick-up coil in the distributer. If you are 
getting spark then shoot a LITTLE starting fluid into the air intake 
while you are cranking, that should make it fire a little, now you 
know it is a fuel system problem and have to troubleshoot those 
subsystems. It could even be as simple as a broken fuel gauge and now 
you are out of gas!
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757 


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "schab932000" <schab932000@xxxx> wrote:
> I can't figure this out. I just bought a Deloeran with 24,000 miles. 
I 
> drove it home (1,100 miles), parked it in the garage, started it 
> multiple times and drove it around the block last weekend. When I 
> tried to start it this morning (1 week later) the battery was dead. 
So 
> I charged it. Now it turns over fine, but won't start. I'm getting 
the 
> hum from the fuel pump in the front and back, and a clicking noise 
> near the relays, so I'm assuming the fuel pump is working. As I turn 
> it over, I do smell gas from the exhaust. Also, and I'm not sure 
this 
> is related, but fuse #7 was blown out, so I replaced it with no 
luck. 
> Please h