Well,
When it died, it had been driven like 3 miles, ran fine... Died in a
intersection!
and when I checked it, the guages were all dead, and when i tried to pull
up a code all I got was the mileage flashing... and the fuel pump ran and
ran.. then I noticed the ticking under the hood, and found the auto shutdown
relay clicking away!
Battery is New, and has been no problem... it cranks no problem...
Will check the ground at CTM though...
Weird!
Still dead as a fart rite now though... I really HATE to tow it home, looks
Bad! especially since I had to pull it with my '87 Hyundai Excel!
Tony.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Tom <tigers@bserv.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: '97 Dak 2.5L Died? auto shutdown relay chatters?
>
> At 12:56 PM 7/17/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >But would the CTM also kill the engine/ cause the auto shutdown relay to
> >chatter??? I'm stuck rite now between buying a new PCM for $400+ or
looking
> >at the CTM you mentioned?!?!?!? Tony.
>
> It shouldn't kill the engine but, with many of the sensors/circuits
> inter-related
> by the pcm, it could happen.
>
> I would have the battery checked to make sure it's up to speck. The CTM
is
> known to act up if juice to it drops below a certain point. The other
look-see
> for the CTM is, as I mentioned, a loose or faulty ground. As for killing
> the engine, I've recently read a few messages (not just on this list)
where
> the culprit is a failing/faulty crankshaft position sensor.
>
> It's the first time that I seen anything about a 'chattering' auto.
> shutdown relay
> being reported though.
>
> Bob
>
>
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