Kyle, that could be a battery going on you.
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Kyle
Vanditmars
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 11:13 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Poor Start and Erratic Behaviour
Argh...
Damn truck is acting up on me. For a while now the starting hasn't been
particularly strong. It will crank over kinda weak, and run, but often the
first start in the morning will end with it stalling out. I then restart
and tickle the throttle just a little to keep things fired, and it will stay
going. What on earth is causing this? I was thinking a dying battery would
be the cause of the weak crank, but why the stalling? Shouldn't the
alternator have picked up the slack in the juice supply, especially because
it doesn't stall until at least a few seconds after the initial cranking.
Second, this morning when I fired it up, and I got everything running
properly (it stalled out the first shot,) it did something REALLY strange.
I backed out of the driveway, and took off down the road, but it wouldn't
rev past ~2000RPM. I didn't notice it at first, because the road is kinda
downhill and I take it easy on the throttle until things are warmed up, but
then I have to climb a short but fairly steep hill out of my neighbourhood,
and the thing had absolutely NO power. I noticed that it wouldn't rev any
further than 2000, and I had it floored. I stopped to turn back to my house
and call in to work and tell them I was probably going to be late, if there
at all. After I turned around, and headed back down the hill, the thing
sprang to life, and everything was normal. I whipped back around and went
to work. After work, the problem did not arise.
Anyway, I don't know what the hell to do. Some suggestions would be much
appreciated. One thing that sprang through my head was the words "fuel
pump" but I dunno.
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