Re: The 4.7L Dying Out Saga Continues..........

From: steve preston (steve239dak@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Sep 15 2002 - 23:32:01 EDT


I hope you get your problem worked out Ed. I`m
interested in doing the cam job myself,but not if it`s
going to be a problem. Had enough performance problems
with my other Dak (3.9) to make me a little leery
about fixing something that ain`t broke! I think the
4.7 is an awesome little motor,though. Steve P.
--- Olznut@aol.com wrote:
>
> The story gets interesting, I pulled the valve
> covers off today to confirm
> what we did was correct, which it was. Last night, I
> put in $50 (10 gals)
> worth of 100 race gas, which got rid of the ping,
> but the 4000rpm+ loss is
> still there. Which pretty much (to me) narrows it
> down to lack of fuel.
> Ordered new inj, hopefully will be here before next
> Sat, I'm goin' to the
> strip in Fontana. I had the pump replaced awhile
> back due to a hard start
> prob. I also noticed that ever since I had the
> truck, it would once in a blue
> moon when I fire it up, it would puff out some black
> smoke. Hmmm, might've
> had an inj prob for longer than I thought..........
> Any ideas??
>
> Ed "Olznut" Halterman Sunland, Ca '01 Dakota Quad
> Cab SLT+ 4.7L 4x4 "Silver
> Streak" '66 Olds F-85 330 V-8, Intense Blue
> "Project Olds" Will Be Finished
> By The End Of July!! See Them Here!!
> http://community.webtv.net/OLZNUT/WelcometoOlznuts
>
>

=====
2001 Dodge Dakota 4X4 Sport RC,Flame Red/4.7L V8/45RFE auto/3.92 limited-slip/16" aluminum wheels/Infinity CD-cassette system.

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