On 5/21/2011 21:48, M.B. wrote:
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> Truck: 1995 Dakota 4x4 318, ATX
>
> I usually remote start my truck to give it a minute to get the oil
> pumping while I lock up the house, etc. Today I didn't do so. I got down
> the block and went to make a right turn and the engine stumbled. It
> sputtered a bit and lost power like it went really rich for a moment,
> then ran fine for the rest of the commute.
>
> It has a quarter tank of gas, and it's got 93 octane in it currently
> with the MP ECU.
>
> It's always had a "chuggy" and rich idle when cold, and sometimes it
> takes a moment for the revs to come up after starting like it's too rich
> or the idle control valve is slow to respond... I'm wondering if I have
> a leaky injector or maybe the dreaded bad intake pan gasket, ugh.
>
> Any other ideas, hopefully simple ones? I guess the truck is trying to
> get me to fix the Mazda so I don't have to drive the truck to commute
> this summer....
Perhaps a dirty throttle body?
-- -Andrew Kelsey E-mail: ajkelsey@grandroyal.org
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