What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[DMC5180]

Car idling without any issues and only 2 gallons of gas in the tank. Never would have run properly this low on gas before:

David, have you turned of the lambda light yet?


Dennis

[DavidProehl]

David, have you turned of the lambda light yet?


Dennis

Yes, I reset the lambda counter and replaced the grease in it. All set to go!

[DMC5180]

Yes, I reset the lambda counter and replaced the grease in it. All set to go!

👍

[DavidProehl]

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I should add that I also replaced my plugs, cap, rotor and wires not long ago. I still need to replace my O2 sensor, the original is baked in there. I'm planning to take it to a local shop to have them help remove it before I round the edges.

[DMC5180]

Yeah, the only success I've had removing the O2 sensor, was by using a box end wrench and smacking the end with a heavy hammer. I've never had any luck with the open side sockets.

[Alan]

Today I put on my recently acquired, used, re-keyed, and rehabbed locking gas cap. I put it on to show it off at a high school robotics club fundraising car show... and I won spectator's choice award. It's the first award I've ever won at a car show. It was a good day.

[Bitsyncmaster]

Yeah, the only success I've had removing the O2 sensor, was by using a box end wrench and smacking the end with a heavy hammer. I've never had any luck with the open side sockets.

If your installing a new sensor, you can break the old one off the top with a hammer and then use a regular socket if you have room.

[DavidProehl]

Today I put on my recently acquired, used, re-keyed, and rehabbed locking gas cap. I put it on to show it off at a high school robotics club fundraising car show... and I won spectator's choice award. It's the first award I've ever won at a car show. It was a good day.

Congrats! Have any pictures from the show?

If your installing a new sensor, you can break the old one off the top with a hammer and then use a regular socket if you have room.

That is a great idea, but what happens if I still can't get it off? What happens if I don't have a working O2 sensor? Will the car run too rich or lean for me to be able to get to a shop?

[Bitsyncmaster]

That is a great idea, but what happens if I still can't get it off? What happens if I don't have a working O2 sensor? Will the car run too rich or lean for me to be able to get to a shop?

With the sensor disconnected, your lambda ECU defaults to 50% duty cycle so you would run a little rich if it was properly adjusted before you disconnected it.

[bfloyd]

It's been a very busy and expensive 10 months... but DMC #3294 is officially back on the road. My cold starting issue was easily fixed with a 1/4 turn adjustment on the fuel / air mixture.

This is how it looked when we bought it.


Here's what we finished up with this afternoon.


Kind of proud how the rear bumper turned out. Sanded it down, then applied 1 coat of SEM trim black, then went over that with a satin finish Duplicolor black bumper paint. The new stainless DPI bumper letters ended up being the icing on the cake.