> I have a 1988 Dodge Dakota SE 3.9L V6
>
> My truck will drive fine most of the time but every so often it will
> just lose power like it is not getting any gas and shortly ther after
> die. Puahing on the gas peddle does nothing. The oil guage
> drops to 0
> and the low oil light comes on. Is there a sensor for that, that is
> killing the engine? If I try and start it back up it won't.
> Then after
> shutting it off for a few min. it will start right up and have no
> problems till the next time it stalls. When it does start back up the
> oil guage
> reades just fine. I've also noticed that the exaust is very
> sooty/oily
> on the tail pipe but I've changed the plugs, the fuel filter, the air
> filter, the oil and filter and no effect. The truck ran great after
> that but still stalled sometimes. Tried a high octane fuel, made it
> worse. The plugs don't look fowled like a dirty engine, maybe like a
> rich mixture. So that leads me to the O2 sensor, but will that cause
> the truck to stall and not start for a while? Since it has gotten
> cooler out, it has only stalled once in the last week and that was on
> Saturdy wich was a little warmer than it has been lately. Some
> sugestios say try the coolant sensor. I'm not sure if I have
> one on my
> truck. Some say clean the Throttle Body. I've put in at
> leat two bottles of Fuel Injector, Engine Cleaner and it helped for a
> time but keeps doing it. Some say change the SBEC or EGR, is that the
> main computer? What is an IAT sensor? Somebody took off their fuel
> tank and it was full of sludge, they cleaned it out and it was all
> better. Another sugestion was to change the throttle sensor,
> again I'm
> not sure if I have one and what it does. Sombody had the
> same problems
> and had the dealer change the "Harmonic something," a switch under the
> distributor. Slightly related to this, when I drive the truck on the
> highway at 65 for a period of time, when I come to an exit the truck
> will idle hard and stall at the bottom of the exit ramp. All
> I have to
> do is start it back up but it idles hard for a time. Any thoughts?
Have you tried pulling codes??? Could be your fuel system is clogged in the
tank itself. Could be the pickup inside the distribution is going south.
Getting the codes would help to isolate the problem further.
Greg
95 Dakota Sport CC v6 5spd
Rahway NJ
ICQ: 283886
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