??? I thought spare parts are federally mandated to be available from the
manufacturer for 10 years. Is this no longer the case?
gk
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Jim Luyten
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 5:21 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: Fuel Injection or T.B. ????
>
>
> Folks:
> I have a Dakota '89, 3.8l, 4spd/4x4, with a dead computer,
> ECM 4379.927. This part is no longer available through the
> dealers or apparently anywhere else.
>
> Help -- I am dead in the water so to speak - truck stalls/dies
> randomly, and
> often will not restart for many minutes or longer. It's a great
> truck, but a
> bit unreliable now.
>
> Many thanks, Jim
>
> Rader wrote:
>
> > > > All Magnum engines are "port fuel injection", dry intake
> manifold, but
> > > > you
> > > > still need a throttle body to control air into the engine.
> >
> > > So is it basically a "Hybrid" of both technologies working in
> conjunction
> > > with each other?
> >
> > Well, not really. In every internal combustion engine
> application that
> > I've ever been exposed to, you need some way to meter air and fuel into
> > the cylinders. Carburetion is one mechanism that combines both into one
> > unit. Fuel injection takes care of fuel metering; it's just a question
> > of where the injectors are mounted (throttle body injection == at the
> > throttle body; multi-port injection == somewhere right above the intake
> > valve). But you still have to meter the air; hence the remaining need
> > for a throttle body.
> >
> > Now I suppose you could develop some cool total closed-loop
> system that
> > replaced the throttle body with an oxidizer injection system,
> but I doubt
> > it's worth the time and expense.
> >
> > Ron
>
>
>
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