RE: Poor Start and Erratic Behaviour

From: Rick Barnes (barnesrv@attbi.com)
Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 08:11:41 EDT


A weak battery will do that Kyle

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 11:29 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Poor Start and Erratic Behaviour

<Olznut@aol.com> wrote in message news:1d5.8aeb3f3.2be33e73@aol.com...

> Battery is dying out, it's not giving the PCM enough voltage and is
driving
> it nuts, so when you start it, the PCM has to re-learn all over again,
which
> explains why after a while, it's fine. Factory batteries are notorious for
> dying without warning, so get it replaced before it gives out totally :)
>

Alright, that explains the starting problem, but what the hell was going on
with the inability to rev past 2 grand? I somehow doubt that it was still
the PCM, since it had idled for at least a minute by then. Of course, I
"could" be wrong... (And by could, I mean probably am... ;-)



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