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Todd Honea
Dodge Dakota
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4/15/2008
06:46:26
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 Subject: Cold stutter
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I have a 92 Dakota V6 that has developed a cold stutter problem. When the engine is cold it will develop a horrible stutter, backfire, and has no power. If I let it idle and wait for it to warm, it will rev up and almost stall before recovering. Sometimes it will stall out and I'd start it again.
If I'm driving it, I can shut off the engine in neutral and quickly restart. It will usually run fine for a min, then go back to stuttering. Lately I've been so frustrated I'd just sit until its completely warmed up. Then it runs fine.
I did carbon clean the EGR valve last week and it did run better the next day with only one stutter event (was also warmer weather). Since that seemed to help I replaced the EGR. That wasn't the solution. It is still doing it, if not worse.
Since it's a beater truck (although my good car is having a race block put in so it's my only ride) and I only paid $1200 for it, I don't want to spend a lot of money replacing sensors at random. Any help would be appreciated.
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daddio
Dodge Dakota
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4/15/2008
08:44:20
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you could try to check for any codes stored. that would be a good place to start.
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fotodak
Dodge Dakota
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4/15/2008
13:28:46
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Sure sounds like a coolant temp sensor problem. NOT the one for the gauge.
Or a vacuum leak.
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