Re: My Dakota stalls out - Any help?

From: Steve Mills (srm804@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Sep 02 2003 - 02:03:40 EDT


Sounds like a bad splice in your harness under the relay box. My 92 also has
no pressure if I open the schrader valve. I have no problems with stalling.

>From: "Albert" <albert@nospam-winternet.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: DML: My Dakota stalls out - Any help?
>Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:01:04 -0500
>
>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
>
>

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