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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Michael
Maskalans
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 7:04 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Dodge Caravan
On Nov 10, 2006, at 18:37, Jamie Calder wrote:
>
> I know this isn't the Caravan forum but there's a bunch of gear heads
> here...
>
> My friends '98 Caravan 3.0 won't go. They were idling in park when
> white smoke started coming out the exhaust. He put it in drive to
> pull into a parking lot and heard a loud clunk (like a very loose
> u-joint), then a whine. It just creeps in forward now.
>
> Any ideas?
>
what did the smoke smell like? that's pretty key.
does the motor run right? does it start easily and then just have no power?
hard start and smoke while running?
you sure the smoke was out the exhaust?
-- +-- Mike Maskalans ---------------- Rochester, NY ----------+ | '98 Dakota CC, SAS on 40s '84 RamCharger 4x4, plow truck | | '02 Jetta TDI 5sp, daily '97 Intrepid, not on the road | +-------------------- <http://mike.tepidcola.com/trucks/> --+He said it smelled "acidy" may corrosive. Nothing he ever smelled before.
The motor seems to run ok but does smoke while running. It just creeps in drive though.
Pretty sure the smoke is from the exhaust. I'll ask him to look closer tomorrow.
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