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alex robinson
Dodge Dakota
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4/22/2009
16:50:04
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well today i tried to install a throttle body spacer. i put it on along with the gaskets, i go to try and start my truck and it will not stay running unless i keep my foot on the gas. any ideas of what i am doing wrong? it will start but it will not stay running. maby a vacuum leak?
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yeah
Dodge Dakota
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4/22/2009
17:10:26
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if this motor isn't TBI or carb
you can scrap the TB spacer
problem solved
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alex robinson
Dodge Dakota
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4/22/2009
18:54:39
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what do you mean TBI or carb?
after i couldnt get it to start i took the TB spacer off and it still wont stay running. so now its back to normal and it will not stay running unless my foot is on the gas
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JasonB
Dodge Dakota
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4/22/2009
20:36:42
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Probably vacuum leak, but hard to know unless you tell us what engine it is.
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alex robinson
Dodge Dakota
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4/22/2009
21:28:36
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oh i thought i said, sorry. its a 1999 slt 5.2 4x4. i was looking at it all dam day. it would start then when you reved it and let off the gas, it would immidiatly die. but i was trying to back it out of the garage and i noticed it didnt die, so i drove it up the drive way, and it didnt die. so i drove it around town and it ran fine, better then ever. idk what happend but it seems to be fixed now. knock on wood
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ewraven
Dodge Dakota
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5/12/2009
01:18:44
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Your problem had to do with the ECU, you have to reset it after doing a modification like that. The reason your truck finally started running fine was because the ECU eventually learned the new modifications.
Next time, just unhook the battery while you do any engine modification and that will reset the ECU making it relearn everything when you start it back up the first time.
But yeah, those throttle body spacers really are a waste of money for your engine.
Get on Ebay or something and spend the money on a ported throttle body, you'll get a little less gas mileage but will definitely feel the extra power.
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