I doubt it has anything to do with the plugs, sounds exactly like the 'idle
hunt' problem some folks are experiencing. I've had it happen to me 3 times
in 16k miles, not enough for me to worry about. There is a TSB and a
computer flash that's supposed to alleviate it somewhat, however I haven't
heard any actual details of what this flash actually does, but it mentions
pinging so if it decreases spark advance I want no part of it. The advance
on the 4.7 is already set low and I haven't been able to get it to knock at
all, I want to get *more* advance, not less :-).
/Curt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of William H. Hiatt III
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 9:45 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: 4.7L Idle Problems?
>
>
> I know I've read of similar problems here, but has anyone had 4.7l idle
> problems? My truck has stalled twice now, out of the blue, after
> starting up
> fine, and within like 30 seconds coming to a stop, it'll stall out. Starts
> back up just fine. Could it be the copper plugs (Autolite 3923)?
> Was it the
> 4.7l that had a tendancy to expand the gap by itself w/ copper
> plugs? I know
> the FSM says not to use Platinum's, but I've heard of people running Bosch
> 4418's on the 4.7L just fine. Any help would be appreciated. Also, it will
> also like "shudder" sometimes when coming to a stop, like drop
> below 500RPM,
> just like it's going to stall, then come up again.
>
> TIA
> William
>
>
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