This happend to me yesturday to. I'd start it and then it would just
die, not violently, but just as if I shut it down. After running it for
20 min, it finally would stay alive and hasn't acted up since. Pretty
bizare if you ask me.
JT
'98 318 2WD breathes and exhales via K&N
"Bernd D. Ratsch" wrote:
>
> I had this problem every now and then but found that cleaning the IAS port
> (back of the TB) fixes this. It seems to get gunked up a little bit so at
> every tune-up (or oil change) I clean it out with some STP Throttle Body
> Cleaner.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: truck doesn't stay started when cold HELP!
>
> Has any of you guys expereinced truck won't start or doesn't stay started.
> if
> i put my foot on the gas a little it stays started but as soon as i let off
> the gas it dies. Also the last time my truck did this (yesterday) i held
> my foot on the gas for a while to get my truck warm and that seemed to do
> the
> trick and it stayed started without me on the gas. when it dies my tach
> goes down, when i hold on the gas i try to stay bewteen 2000 & 4000 rpm...
> I replaced my factory spark plugs with champion truck plugs around 10,000
> miles ago, i have a msd setup with 8.5mm wires and i have a cold air
> airraid intake... after my truck stays runin ( after it gets warm) it run
> perfect flawlessly. Please help....
>
> I have a 99 dak with v8 318 4x4
> many mods...
> Brent Jones
> newark, DE
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