Re: Spark plugs and idle issue on '00 4.7L Dak

From: Gary Hedlin (superdak@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 14 2011 - 10:48:35 EST


I run NGK 2262's in the 05's 4.7... no issues.

Gary

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 09:10, Marc W. Grobe
> <mgrobe@leghorncomputing.com> wrote:
> >
> > My father's '00 Dakota is in need of a little maintenance. He's due to
> replace spark plugs on it and he was interested in the E3 spark plugs the
> last time we discussed doing a tune-up. What's the latest impressions of
> these plugs on the 4.7L? Any additional plugs to recommend?
>
> IIRC, the good old copper plugs still work best on that vintage.
>
> > Second issue is that his idle has been surging at times. He's currently
> undergoing cancer treatment so some of what he has described to me can be a
> bit confusing, but I believe he was suspecting the IAC. I believe he felt
> it was that due to it being better after cleaning the throttle body, but
> after a few thousand miles the surging would return. The only other
> culprit that I feel is likely is the TPS. Anyway I can isolate one item or
> the other? I don't have his hard copy of FSM in front of me, but is there
> a range of values to test the TPS with a multimeter? Any other way I can
> narrow it down prior to throwing money at a new part?
>
> > Lastly, anything else you do on a tune-up? Of course I am aware of the
> air filter and we'll be doing an oil change soon. Anything else that
> routinely gets done on the 4.7L?
>
> Filters, fluids, plugs, you should be OK. There's no distributor &
> it's a coil on plug setup, so cap, rotor & wires aren't really an
> issue.
>
>

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