The FSM says that the distributor can be rotated with no effect on
timing, so I haven't put a timing light on it. I'll check that out today.
Jim Miller WB5OXQ wrote:
> If the timing is severly retarded the engine may not make any noises but
> start weakly and have very poor throttle response and even make no power at
> all.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Tom" <tigers@bserv.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 4:52 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Dakota won't go above 800 rpm : Update
>
>
>
>>At 04:25 PM 7/13/02 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>>I put a fuel pressure tester on it and I get 35-40 lbs as it's idling.
>>>
>>That sounds normal for your model year. The proper amount
>>should be getting up to the fuel rails. Question now becomes
>>is the proper amount coming through the injectors.
>>
>>
>>>Here's a weird thing: I can monitor the sensor output as the engine
>>>is running, but I can only 'scan' the computer once, then I get
>>>'Vehicle is not responding'. In order to get another scan, I have to
>>>re-initialize the scanner. I'm using an Auto X-ray EZ Link scanner.
>>>
>>I tried this scanner many years ago. I often got this message on the
>>first day and returned it. I think it was because the scanner's connector
>>that plugs into the Dak's data line connector is really poorly made
>>(poor manufacturing quality control). I went to a high-end (read
>>
> expensive)
>
>>scanner and had no problems.
>>
>>It could be, for whatever reason, that the timing is out of whack but I
>>would have expected that there would be noises (misfiring, etc.).
>>
>>Do you have a reading for the tps, the pulsewidth of the injectors and
>>the MAP sensor at and just after 800 rpms? Is there any smoke coming
>>out of the exhaust pipe when it is stumbling?
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>
>>
>
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