http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ DML - the DeLorean Mailing List Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:09:14 GMT Michael Conrad http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80092 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80092 ... Maybe I should say "a petroleum smell". The oil smell is pretty strong, so its hard to tell. Once I get the engine washed off it should be easier to Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:58:42 GMT Daryl Scott http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80091 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80091 You will also have this problem if the plunger in your fuel distributor is stuck in the open position.   Daryl ... From: shadowrider527 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:57:33 GMT Richard http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80090 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80090 About 6 years ago, I replaced my blown head gaskets. The exhaust gaskets were also trash so I removed the heads with the exhaust manifolds attached. Since the Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:18:42 GMT Welmoed http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80089 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80089 I'm going to try and help. First of all about the last remark: oil and fuel have different smells. So, if you smell fuel, it's not oil. It could be that covers Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:14:31 GMT Paul Gress http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80088 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80088 I have to agree with Tom. About a month ago I brought back to life a Town Car I had lying around for two years. It wouldn't start, but when I pulled a spark Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:15:43 GMT formula969 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80087 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80087 I didn't realize that was how you would get behind the license plate... thanks for that! I'll be more ambitious the next time I visit this problem. -Ryan Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:15:21 GMT Michael Conrad http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80086 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80086 First off, thanks to everyone for links to the relevant docs when I posted about this 2 months ago. I'm back with (hopefully) better questions, and a few new Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:15:19 GMT Welmoed http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80085 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80085 Replacing the pump and cleaning the tank is not sufficient to get the system cleaned. Best way to start is to take the high pressure line and return line off Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:13:50 GMT Tom Tait http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80084 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80084 Sounds to me like a spark problem. From: dmcnews@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dmcnews@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of shadowrider527 Sent: Wednesday, November 18, Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:13:27 GMT Farrar Hudkins http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80083 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80083 Did you replace/check the fuel accumulator and fuel filter? Farrar Hudkins #2613 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:21:57 GMT shadowrider527 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80082 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80082 I have a 1983 Delorean that has been sitting in my garage for the past 4 years and it had stopped running but now I started to work on it last week and I Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:58:39 GMT Delorean3@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80081 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80081 _Click here: AOL Autos - Research, Find and Buy New Cars and Used Cars_ (http://autos.aol.com/?adl=59795&icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl6|link1|http://autos Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:08:56 GMT jtrealtywebspannet http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80080 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80080 If you want to replace the jack-nuts in the future look for Mr G's hardware on the Internet. They sell jack-nuts. David Teitelbaum ... [moderator snip] Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:55:32 GMT daveswingle2 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80079 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80079 As someone else mentioned you can remove the tail lights and reach in behind the plate and just use conventional nylock nuts, but then you'd have to take the Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:55:05 GMT kKoncelik@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80078 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/message/80078 HI Since a lot of you tend to register over Thanksgivning I thought I would give you an update. We have made one change so far that affects you and that is the