RE: Re: RE: a little help please

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@dodgetrucks.org)
Date: Thu Mar 05 2009 - 17:37:09 EST


Without the code....especially in this case, it's all speculation until you
find out what's involved (code).

- Bernd

-----Original Message-----
From: Biff Byrum [mailto:bbyrum9@foothill.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 4:29 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: Re: RE: a little help please

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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