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Justin
Dodge Dakota
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1/04/2005
07:16:38
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 Subject: 97 318 problem
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This has probalby been asked but a million times but I am at work and dont have time to look around. Here is my problem. My truck had sat for four days and I went out this morning to start it up, its dead, barely cranks overs. I say no big deal that battery is 3 years old. So I jump it and it wont fire, just cranks but acts like it wants to fire. So finally I hold the pedal to the floor and it fires but rough, let off pedal and it dies. So I do the same thing again and get it to fire, I hold the throttle open enough to keep it running and finally it will idle but slighty rough. I drive it backwards and forwards and its still rough but will idle almost normal. I shut it off and the same thing happens again. Wont start without hodling it wide open. I have already replaced the downstream O2, could this be the upstream is bad or I know of sensors on the crank going bad and causing this. Any ideas as to what is bad?
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Joel
Dodge Dakota
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1/04/2005
19:36:53
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start with a good charged battery. the brains need 12 volts to think right.
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Wes1978
Dodge Dakota
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1/06/2005
06:02:29
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Justin,
Joel's right. I had the same trouble when I left my lights on and got back to my truck two hours later and had to get it jumped. It ran ok for a few blocks but then started idling rough and died in the street. (Luckily it restarted) I pulled over and let it run in a parking lot and get a little more charged up, and then it was fine. Otherwise if it keeps giving you a check engine light, find a freind with a computer and plug it in to see what it's telling you...
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Justin
Dodge Dakota
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1/11/2005
22:55:54
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Thanks guys! I figured the problem out on my own. I was running late for work and didnt have time to mess with it so I threw this up quick. I tested the battery and had a bad cell which wouldnt allow the "brain" the 12 volts it need to run right. I would let the truck run for 20 mins and shut it off and the battery would be dead that quick. Put in a new battery and it started right up.
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