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William Hiatt
Dodge Dakota
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9/09/2002
19:40:41
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 Subject: Misfires!?!?!?!?
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In the never ending quest to solve the problems with my truck, I went to the
dealer today to take a look at it through the eyes of a DRB-III.
Everything seems to be ok, except #8 misfired 15 times in about 2-4 seconds
(At WOT).
What could be causing this? Bad ignition coil? The whole thing still pings
pretty bad at medium/heavy acceleration. Could this all be related?
Thanks
william
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Dakaty
GenIII
9/09/2002
21:05:44
|  RE: Misfires!?!?!?!?
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I would start with the basics in this order:
replace #8 spark plug
replace #8 spark plug wire
replace distributor cap
swap #8 injector with another one
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polchartude
Dodge Dakota
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9/10/2002
11:40:26
| RE: Misfires!?!?!?!?
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Hey Will,
I know what is wrong w/ yur truck.
Almost certain it's a bent valve in # 8 cyl. more than likely the intake valve. sometimes if u don't let it warm up long enough before u jump on the throttle it'l colapse a lifter and bend an intake valve.by the description of yur syptoms this is what has happened to u. there is a very easy and inexpensive way to find ou if u have a valve that is no longer seating , make the dealer do a compresion test on #8 cyl.and see if it is within acceptable range, my guess is that it is not ad the low compresion is causing the missfiring in that cyl.
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William Hiatt
Dodge Dakota
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9/10/2002
17:42:53
| RE: Misfires!?!?!?!?
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If a valve was bent wouldn't it run bad or misfire across all RPM's, not just high RPMS/WOT?
william
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