Re: My Dakota stalls out - Any help?

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Mon Sep 01 2003 - 13:16:12 EDT


Have a run through this:
http://faq.dakota-truck.net/Electronics/gen2_stalling.html

Albert wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I have a 94 3.9 Club Cab and it stalled out on me last week.
>
> I took the vehicle home and found that I had no fuel manifold
> pressure.
>
> After a day or so I tried to start it again and it still would not,
> start and the manifold pressure was still nil.
>
> I removed the tank, tested the pump, fixed my gas guage
> while I was in there, checked the wiring, tightened the
> electrical pins into the pump assembly, and put it back together.
> It started and ran.
>
> I drove it to work for a few days, 40 miles round trip, and
> I thought the problem was gone.
>
> Last night I took it out and it stalled about a block from home
> This morning I went back up and managed to drive it back to my
> driveway.
>
> Again the fuel manifold pressure was not present (press the
> schraeder valve and no spurt of gas came out).
>
> The check engine codes were 12 and 55 (power removed from
> computer and end code).
>
> I swapped the firewall relays and this did not correct the problem.
>
> If I hot wire the fuel pump on from the relay socket to the battery
> I get fuel pressure to the manifold.
>
> It starts and runs from 2 to 10 minutes and then I have to leave it alone
> for a while. Then it will start for another 2 to 10 minutes.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks much in advance - Al
>
>

-- 
-andy

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