Hey...and don't forget to replace the O2 sensor. ;)
No more Dakota for me...upgraded to a '89 Nissan 240SX (still the original
KA24E)...with only 41K original miles.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Barnes [mailto:rsb7424@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 4:08 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Shuts Downs
My 318 has been such a terrific engine and still just love my Dakota.
It has 192,000 miles on it and I still have most everything original,
even the oxygen sensors, ( I know Bernd, I just ordered new ones and
promise to replace them). Well, just lately, I would pull up to a
light and it would stall. Start right back up, no problem, but if I
gassed it a little to move up a bit, it would stall out. Then I
remembered that I had saved all these great tips from Bernd's old
website and there was the thing about the IAC sensor...naturally, I
never touched it before. Anyway, removed it and it was covered with
carbon...was cleaning it like Bernd recommends...naturally, ( I have a
little disease now so don't be mean), but my old hands are a shaking
and I dropped the darn thing...oh well, cleaned it up, squirted some
carb cleaner in the hole and put it back in the tb, and reinstalled
it. I was so proud I could get the screws back in with these hands of
mine..that is another story...anyway, it sputtered a bit and I had to
work to keep it running for a bit so I took it out and drove it a
couple of miles and it steadily improved and stalls no more. Thanks
Bernd, you are still helping us out. Maybe that will help your 318
out too.
Rascal
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