Mystery Cold Start Problem-- Who can solve this mystery? Grab some pop corn..

[jawn101]

Man, what is it with these hoses this month?

[kings1527]

Man, what is it with these hoses this month?

Seriously, Jon. One thing that I've found with under 9k cars produced, 6000 or so left, and arguably 2k or so on the road and running is that there's ALWAYS someone else going through the same trouble out there in the DeLorean world! Unbelievable!

I've dealt with my accumulator (and hose) problem but I'll post it in that hose thread.

[Beachdrifter]

Ding ding ding!!

We have a winner. Thanks all for your help through all this , as this has been my most difficult Delorean diagnosis, and real pain.

Dave S was correct. Upon closer inspection of the accumulator hose, I initially did not notice any kinks, UNTIL i actually ran my fingers and felt the line for any distortions; not just visual inspection. As I stated before, I felt a noticable distortion to the touch.

So I took a razor blade and cut the bugger off. To my surprise, the hose was twisted and kinked to the point where it did not return to it's normal state, thus preventing ANY real fuel flow through the line . No WONDER I was getting just dribbles. Once I cut the kinked section and jumped the pump, fuel flowed to the the approx rate of 1 GPM.

I have a new hose on order and looking forward to get the car started again. Wish I hadn't spent so much time checking everything else, but learned a lot about the car and fuel system from this experience.

Check out the photos, hope this doesn't happen to you!

-Randy

[jawn101]

Ding ding ding!!

We have a winner. Thanks all for your help through all this , as this has been my most difficult Delorean diagnosis, and real pain.

Dave S was correct. Upon closer inspection of the accumulator hose, I initially did not notice any kinks, UNTIL i actually ran my fingers and felt the line for any distortions; not just visual inspection. As I stated before, I felt a noticable distortion to the touch.

So I took a razor blade and cut the bugger off. To my surprise, the hose was twisted and kinked to the point where it did not return to it's normal state, thus preventing ANY real fuel flow through the line . No WONDER I was getting just dribbles. Once I cut the kinked section and jumped the pump, fuel flowed to the the approx rate of 1 GPM.

I have a new hose on order and looking forward to get the car started again. Wish I hadn't spent so much time checking everything else, but learned a lot about the car and fuel system from this experience.

Check out the photos, hope this doesn't happen to you!

-Randy

...Year of the Accumulator Hose.....

[Ryan S.]

Original hose? It doesn't look like mine.

[kings1527]

Awesome! I guess the exterior of the hose doesn't always tell the full story.

I just replaced that same line on my car with an 18" section of 1/4" ID fuel injection hose from Pep Boys for about $5 and it works great. Just make sure you have enough line coming off that nipple up in the hard line of the car so there isn't a sharp bend when you get everything in place. That happened to me with a hose I ordered that was about 14" or so.

This makes me want to replace my original hose going from the top of the fuel filter to the distributor.