The coil could also be getting weak, and giving an occasional misfire.
Does this only occur at idle, or is there an occasional miss under load as
well?
TonyC
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Barnes <barnesrv@comcast.net>
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 9:05 AM
Subject: DML: RE: problem: miss? at idle
>
>Sure sounds like you have a spark jumping somewhere, like a plug wire bad,
>or arcing, or a bad distributor cap. You might try starting it up at night
>and looking under the hood to see if you can see spark jumping somewhere.
>That is my guess, who is next?
>Rascal
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of A. S.
>Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:23 AM
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: DML: problem: miss? at idle
>
>
> My truck has recently developed a problem and I thought someone might
know
>
>the cause. Here are the symptoms. After the truck is warmed up and I come
>to a stop (like at a red-light), the truck seems to miss. By "miss" I mean
>that I can hear a "tick" noise along with a shake of the truck. I've
>watched the tach when this happens and it does jump down. I've even
noticed
>
>the reflection of my headlights on the car sitting in front of me dim when
>it misses. The "miss" happens for only a split second. Sometimes the
>misses are single and spread out by 5 seconds or so and sometimes they come
>in clusters. However, it's never been bad enough that I think the truck is
>about to die.
> Other things I've noticed is that it doesn't seem to do it at the first
>stop or two I make when it's cold. Also, it will not do it if I slip the
>transmission (auto) into neutral or park. It only does it in gear and at
>idle. The truck runs smooth as silk in neutral and park and when moving
>down the road. Also, there's no check engine light.
> All the usual maintenance stuff (plugs, wires, etc.) should be ok. I
even
>
>removed and cleaned the throttle body recently but it didn't help with the
>problem. I've had the problem for a couple months I guess. I thought it
>might magically correct itself, but it doesn't seem like that's going to
>happen.
> Any suggestions as to what to check would be great.
>Thanks.
>--Aaron-
>95 DSRC 4x4 V6
>
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