Sorry, I didn't get that yet. The Auto Zones here in Sacramento don't check
it for you anymore, as far as I've been told. I'll try to find somewhere to
check it today. I guess it'll still start. Biff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:08 PM
Subject: DML: RE: a little help please
>
> So what's the code?
>
> And yes...the MagnaFlow cats work very well.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Biff Byrum [mailto:bbyrum9@foothill.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:01 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: a little help please
>
>
> I know this has been talked about somewhere here, but I'm getting a little
> brain fog right now.
>
> Last night I went about two miles to a donut shop, about two blocks short
> of
> it was a slight S curve, so I just took my foot of the gas. Poof, the
> engine
> died. Yes a check engine had been on for a few days. So I steered it into
> the parking lot and looked at it.
>
> The check engine light was now off, and it would start, but would die at
> anything less than about 900-1000 rpms. Otherwise it seemed to be running
> as
> usual.
>
> I'm not in shape to walk that far, so I thought I'd chance it, by the "two
> foot" method. It worked, didn't stall out until I backed it into a space.
>
> It seems like the crank sensor can be ruled out, as it usually causes a
> complete no start condition. IAC motor? Can it cause that? It has a three
> month old Bosch pump in it, under waranty. I can't hear a vacuum leak, not
> saying that there isn't one.
>
> Nothing like this has ever happened before. I have put about 97,000 on it
> in
> two years plus. By the way, it's a '98 CC with a 3.9 and a 42RE, all
> stock.
>
> By the way, there are problems getting OBDII cats here in California right
> now due to a new CARB rule, but the manager at my area Kragen says they
> list
> a high performance cat from Magna-Flow. Any thoughts on that?
>
> Thanks for any help, I just can't remember where my problem was discussed
> here in the past. Biff Byrum
>
>
>
>
>
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