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My experience over the years are that what the odometer says rarely has anything to do with the actual miles on a Delorean. Furthermore it really has nothing to do with what the car should be worth...

The one point that seemed salient was that different radiators cool at different rates, and therefore, without monitoring the actual temperature of the fluid leaving the engine, there is some risk...

I'm not sure I follow the reasoning of why the fans would run less regardless of which side you had the otterstat on. Either way it would need to be calibrated to turns the fans on and cool the...

[QUOTE=bytes311;207832]Do these solenoids tend to go bad after 30+ years? Because mine makes an audible "click" sound after I let off the gas pedal. Can a bad one cause an unmetered vacuum leak?
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Diagnosed my high idle to vacuum at idle, and a bad vacuum solenoid. (The one attached to the rear of the engine and sending a vacuum line to the distributor). I'm 300 miles from home but diagnosed...

Updating is a good idea. This seems to be a problem especially if someone has been working on their car and they move the lines around a bit. They become quite brittle with time, and moving them a...

Been Down That Road, and it ain't pretty.

I'd listen to this. If you don't have the equiipment to do it or paint, it's probably more economical to take it to a shop because the most expensive part is probably going to be the painting and...

Do not use bondo or anything that dries hard. I had a 4" hole in my front fascia and repaired it using a urethane filler putty. It remains flexible just like the fascia (which I believe is...

Dave,
This sounds like what's happening on this car, and I seem to remember that heat trips the circuit breaker, not just amperage. Thus, no blown fuses, but fans stay off until the breaker closes...

I like all the ideas above and I tried them all at one point or another, but, if the fans always kick on the first cycle or two, then stop working, then turn on again after the car sits for awhile,...

If you have the old fans I suggest getting the lower current version. I used to have this problem at times and found that the relay was getting too hot. If I left the cover off the relay/fuse...

Thanks, rather than plug the holes I think I'll just order the refurbished throttle body from DPI and send the core to them.
I think this will solve it and appreciate your help. I'll post the...

Yes, and I think I read that you had worked on that on your programmable ECU. Did you get that perfected? I read another post where a guy took the springs out and plugged the hole, then bent the...

Thanks, My springs don't look good so I'll talk to Josh at DPI.

Here are my springs. One looks worse than the other, but I also noticed that if I depress the one that looks the best it seems to have a lot of play in the hole and doesn't return with the copper...

OK Guys, thanks for the input. After checking the curb idle again it does appear the problem may be the the decel springs. Everything else seems to check out when I look very closely. After...

I have had this problem and replacing the accumulator did solve it.

But, if I have an air leak somewhere this could still be causing it to be too lean, but the lambda system wouldn't have compensated it when the O2 was disconnected right? I'm going to check again...

OK, I'll turn the throttle screws and look at the deceleration springs this weekend when I can turn a wrench. A quick test this morning before work: Unplugged the O2 sensor and started the motor...

Dave, Thanks, I did check tightness and sprayed some carb fluid around them, appears no leak.

Thanks for the reply. With the car warmed up I can remove one or both vacuum hoses to the vacuum solenoid (one of which goes to the distributor) and it doesn't change the idle.

I did notice...

I've been fiddling with an idle problem for awhile now and hoped to get it solved, but here I am. Typically idles high. When I start the car it's about 1000 rpm and when it warms up after a few...

Good thought, the cold start injector appears to be correct on mine. After fixing the diode, the cold idle is still a bit rough and I still have to feather the throttle until it switches circuits. ...

I reversed it by concocting a connection with opposite male/female ends on the diode so I wouldn't have to change the standard harness. Now the circuits test correctly, but, I haven't had a chance...