Yup!!
Me too
On 19-May-00 The Coughlin Family wrote:
> I have a 2000 reg. cab 4.7L/5-spd/3.92sg 2wd truck and I experience a rough
> idle at times also.Doesn't seem to be any pattern to as to when it
> happens.I've had it stall on me twice in a row as you described only I was
> declerating in 1st gear and I mashed the clutch in and it stalled. I cranked
> it back and it seemed fine and I backed up about 5 feet, mashed in the
> clutch and it died again.I was experiencing an idle fluctuation when this
> happened, not a rough idle, is this what you meant? I do have a ROUGH idle
> sometimes but it only happens right when I crank it in the morning once i a
> while. It will rev itself to about 1900 rpm and when it comes back down, it
> sets in missing and shaking the truck.The shifter stick will jump around if
> it's bad enough.All i have to do is rev it to about 1000 rpm twice and it
> will quit.I almost always experience a "missing" condition at idle.The only
> time it quits this is if I drive it for more than about 40 miles and get it
> good and HOT.keep in touch and let me know if you get something done about
> this problem or if you develop any of the others.BTW, what temp does your
> truck like to run?Will coughlin@centuryinter.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fender <fender@webtv.net>
> To: <dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET>
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 10:12 PM
> Subject: DML: 4.7 rough IDLE
>
>
>>Ok Guys and Gals I have 2,700 miles on my 00 Dak CC 4.7 and around 2,000
>>miles I notice it has a rough idle now.
>>Hot & Cold and stalled once.
>>Now today going to work, oh maybe 7 miles and when I arrived at my plant
>>parking lot I put Dak in reverse to park,
>>I stopped then I put it in Park, and BINGO it stalled again.
>>(YIKES..!!!)
>>anybody with a 4.7 having this Idle and stalling problems?
>>Oh yeah, I've been using the same gas
>>(Texaco) for at least ten years now, and the same gas station so I don't
>>think its the gas causing the problem, they even put in brand new tanks
>>in the ground a year ago, so I'm personally ruling the gas out that I'm
>>using.
>>the Dakota runs great, no change in MPG performance, etc, etc....
>>I'm wondering if there's other 4.7 Dak out there experiencing this.
>>
>>Rick.....
>>
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Date: 19-May-00
Time: 14:34:21
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