Re: What to Expect 98 Dakota?

From: Grady Ogburn (jgo@uswest.net)
Date: Wed Feb 07 2001 - 18:40:28 EST


Chip-

> I have already had to have the throttle body cleaned right after I got it
at
> 32K which was not covered by warranty. Is that just cheap gas or is there
a
> way to keep that from happening again.

The TB will get sooty, particularly on the underside of the blades -- that's
a normal side-effect of recirculating the air from the valve covers into the
intake manifold. Dunno how often a diligent person would clean it, but I
can't imagine you'd have to do it more often than every ~10k miles.

Grady Ogburn
'98 Sport CC 4x4 5.2l, 5 Speed, 3.55 LSD
Mesa Headers & Cat, K&N FIPK, F&B Billet TB
JET PCM, MSD 6A, Magnecor 8.5, Autolite 3923s
Gibson/MagnaFlow 3" Exhaust
Leer Topper



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