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UWP
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10/04/2011
17:15:23
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 Subject: 2008 Dakota V6 Cylinder 5 Misfire
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So I had an issue with the Check Engine light and the truck sputtering. It was there one day and gone for the next 2 weeks than back again for a day now gone again. I had the code pulled and it is a Misfire on cylinder #5. Any ideas what would cause this? They want $100+ just to tell me what's wrong. Would replacing the coil on this cylinder fix it? Maybe an injector? Any help would be appreciated.
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Curly
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10/04/2011
23:20:49
| RE: 2008 Dakota V6 Cylinder 5 Misfire
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Try running a bottle of fuel injector cleaner with a
full tank & see if it helps.
Spend on a decent brand not the dollar store stuff.
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daddio
Dodge Dakota
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10/05/2011
06:19:37
| RE: 2008 Dakota V6 Cylinder 5 Misfire
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You may also try checking the connector to the coil. Unplug it, clean it and reinstall it.
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daddio
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10/05/2011
06:26:14
| RE: 2008 Dakota V6 Cylinder 5 Misfire
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Almost forgot. Yes the hundred dollars sounds like a lot but consider this. they've got a business to run and make a profit. Hopefully there are highly trained technicians working there. At about $65.00 an hr for shop rate, that's about an hour and a half. It could take the tech twice that time to find something. Especially if it is intermittent.
With that said, that's one of the reasons you should really learn how your vehicles operate.
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UWP
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10/05/2011
12:43:50
| RE: 2008 Dakota V6 Cylinder 5 Misfire
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I'm all for supporting local business but the Auto repair industry has not proven Honest over the past 10-20 years. SOme places wanted $50 just to pull the code than another $100+ to diagnose the code on top of what the repairs would be and the cost of the diagnosis does not get rolled into the repair cost. It's no wonder the avg. person can't maintain there car properly.
I used to be a light duty mechanic and would rebuild my own motors on my classic cars but these new computer operated garbage is beyond me and I have been out of that line of work for 15 years now. I did buy a new coil to try and see if that will work and if not I may try the injector next. I did run some Injection cleaner through it about 2 months ago......I won't buy cheap crap for my car so it was the good stuff. Thanks for the help folks keep the ideas coming
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