RE: New to List

From: Kurt Swanson (kswanson@peerenvironmental.com)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 21:42:17 EST


Jim,

Welcome!

My 5.2L had very similar symptoms with about 13,xxx mile on it. Dealer
ended up replacing the fuel pump (no check engine light either)! Not sure
if the 4.7 is similar but at least it gives something else to consider!

Kurt Swanson

97 Dak Sport CC 4X4 318 auto,K&N Gen II, Mesa headers, Y-pipe and Hi-flo
cat, MSD Digital 6, SS Coil, and soon to have a Magnum Performance TB! (and
yes everyone is entitled to their opinions!)

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Clark [mailto:magnumv8@wtez.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 6:20 AM
To: JNelson
Subject: Re: DML: New to List

Monday, March 06, 2000, 2:17:19 PM, you wrote:

> Hi all,

> Just started to subscribe and wanted to say Hi. I got a '00 Quad
4.7L
> w/multispeed auto trans, 4,000 miles. Wondered if anyone has had the same
> problems. On first start in the morning it will idle fine for 10sec.
Then
> run rough for about another 10sec. Then rev up to 1000RPM drop back down
to
> 600RPM (norm. idle speed).
> Jim Nelson
> San Antonio

Welcome to the list Jim, you should try and make it to the picnic on
March 18th. I hear there will be about 50 Daks out there (just had to
throw that in there to scare the VA folks!)

Anyway about your
problem, mine did the EXACT same thing to me for several months. I
replaced just about every sensor I could except for the Oxygen sensor.
 That's what it was. I had just installed a new sensor but it was
 bad. I would start it, it would idle fine for a few seconds, then
 get REAL bad and almost die, and then just like someone flipped a
 switch it would shoot up to 800 - 1000 rpms and settle in to a nice
 normal idle. If I tried to drive it while it was having this episode
 it would backfire on me. Oh, and my computer never gave any trouble
 codes. Mine's a '93 model which is pre-OBDII but the symptoms are
 identical. Who knows, maybe you too have a bad-but-new oxygen
 sensor. Something for you to check anyway.

--Mike



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