Trevor
Dodge Dakota
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12/26/2006
18:00:57
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 Subject: Backfire and Power loss
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OK, first off it's a 1999 Dodge Dakota with a 3.9 V6, 3.92 limited slip diff, 4x4 with 202000kms on it. All factory but it has a V8 throttle body on it.
A couple days ago, it revved up till about 2000 rpm, then almost died a couple times, after starting it up after it sat for 6 days. So i put some methyl hydrate in the gas, thinking it could be ice....it hasn't done this since.
Next, after starting it up again, driving it would loose power, and would backfire loudly through the intake, the best way to describe this would be loud popcorn popping. It would do this even after starting it up after is sat for a while (half an hour maybe). After it's gone through it's 'fit' it runs perfectly fine, till the next time you shut it off and run it again
I brought it in the shop at home and took a look, and found a vacuum plug that had come off, that is right behind where the PCV valve goes into the intake manifold. Putting this plug back on didn't help the problem.
I had my brother run codes on it, and everything appears fine, all the values are in the proper limits....one thing we noticed was that the air conditioning compressor doesn't turn on when the switch is turned on...don't know if this is related or not.
I sure hope you guys can help me out, I'm at a complete loss.
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