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Matt Busby
Dodge Dakota
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1/25/2008
18:18:36
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when its cold the truck will turn over and stall until you hold your foot on it for a min or two till it warms up a little. Once it warms up, it idles really high. I tried adjusting the idle screw (drilled the cap out) and it now idles lower, but still when it starts it dies especially after spirited driving. I have eliminated the IAC being the problem along with the PVC. Anyone else have any idea what it could possibly be?
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1/28/2008
09:20:00
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What year is truck ?
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Brandon
Dodge Dakota
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1/28/2008
09:36:06
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I have the same problem on cold mornings but after 2 or 3 minutes at 2,000rpm it will idle just fine.
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daddio
Dodge Dakota
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1/28/2008
10:19:25
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Matt, not sure what causing your problem.
Brandon, have your battery load tested. what you describe is a common symptom of a weak battery.
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fotodak
Dodge Dakota
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1/28/2008
16:59:25
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Are you SURE you eliminated the IAC or PCV?
Many aftermarket PCV valves are junk.
I cleaned my IAC and it looked good, but didn't idle properly unil I replaced it.
The battery is a good place to look as mentioned.
One other place-the engine temp sensor-NOT the one for the dash gauge, but the one for the computer. It tells the computer the engine temp and adjusts accordingly.
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Doug
Dodge Dakota
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1/30/2008
15:43:27
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I also have the same problem, but it doesn't happen only when it is cold, or consistantly. Just yesterday it happened on the way to work at 6pm but not on the way home at 3am. I haven't tried the PCV or IAC yet. What is the best thing to try first? Its a 2000 Dakota V6 with 150,000 miles on it.
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robert burrow
Dodge Dakota
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7/14/2013
08:20:48
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everyon on here just goes around the problems
beginning to think no one know crap so called experts are full of sh-t dont want to answer the ? so they just run around the problem
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DumbBell
Dodge Dakota
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7/26/2013
13:37:41
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You piece of Sh*t! You come here because you are dumb!!!!!
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RSL
Dodge Dakota
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8/11/2013
22:13:52
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I hope this helps someone. I have a 1994 Dakota
with the 3.9 that I bought new. It was my daily
drive for about 9 years and has been my weekend
work truck for the past 10 years. It only has
about 120,000 miles on it. I have had the dreaded
idle problems listed here and could not figure out
what it was. Changed IAC and MAP sensor and
neither fixed it. It was my EGR valave. My
catalytic converted got clogged up a few years ago
and had to be replaced, I think it blew out my EGR
valve. Anyway, I read about this fix on another
forum and checked out my EGR valve and it was
blown. Very easy to replace only took about 15
minutes and I am not that handy with tools. Truck
now runs like it used to. Good luck, this problem
drove me crazy for the past year.
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Fred
Dodge Dakota
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8/14/2013
19:58:55
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Did your oxygen sensors need to be replaced too after your
cat got clogged?
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John Esparza.
Dodge Dakota
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8/16/2013
02:41:09
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My 2002 dodge dakota six cyl has been to the car lot,here I
bought it four times,they didn't. Do nothing right cause it is still
misfireing,wht can I do,to fix once and for all?
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LemonLime
Dodge Dakota
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8/18/2013
18:35:07
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You can't fix it! Your engine is shot!!!!!!
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RSL
Dodge Dakota
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8/18/2013
21:57:15
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My O2 sensor did not need to be replaced. That was
the next thing to check if EGR valve was not
problem. They probably could use to be changed, I
think they are the original sensors.
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