Wayne -
As sure as I was standing there with a dumbfound look on my face, he said
"carbon deposits" - I looked at the guy real close to make sure it wasn't
Chevy Chase in disguise ("Ball bearings...they're all ball bearings now a
days").
From: "Wayne T. Schultz" <rimfax@email.msn.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: RE: DML: RE: Two Week Report
Date sent: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:41:04 -0500
Send reply to: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Dealers are awful!!!
>
> I called the local Dodge Dealer, to get service on my truck. 98 SLT 5.2
> 5spd, etc, etc ...,
>
> I needed and Lube, Oil, Filter and a couple of problems looked at:
>
> 1) a Soaked passenger floor (See other postings)
> 2) Engine Pinging. I can only run mine on 93 Octane, or it will ping.
> 3) Lousy gas mileage averaging 11-12 mpg.
>
> CAN YOU BELIEVE ... The clown at the dealership wanted to schedule an
> appointment 3 weeks later, and he had an attitude about it. Little
> *astard!
>
> I know that dodge has a tech service bulletin out on pinging for the 5.2's.
>
> Doc, Did the dealer really say CARBON DEPOSITS for using Hi Test???
>
> I am getting angry just reading this.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net] On Behalf Of brian duffey
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 1:21 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: re: DML: RE: Two Week Report
>
> " Sheesh.... I've lost all faith in dealers...
> BKB "
>
> Bruce - You had any faith in them to begin with??
>
> Not me, I stay away from the snakes as much as possible. Heck even the parts
> counter apes at my local dealerships are about as sharp as a bowling ball!
>
> ( Sorry, car dealerships = one of my favorite pet peeves)
>
> Duff
> -------------
> Original Text
> From BBRIDGES@SMTPGATE (Bridges, Bruce) {bbridges@alarismed.com}, on
> 19/02/1999 12:43 PM:
> To: DAKOTA-T@SMTPGATE ("'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'")
> {dakota-truck@buffnet.net}
>
> Dr. Leon,
> My comments:
> When they re-set your computer did they retard the timing or just disconnect
> your battery and re-connect it? If they just discod and recod it then your
> pinging will return! I have never heard of premium fuel causing build up
> (just slower combustion process), and if my truck were pinging the first
> thing Id do is put premium in it! The dealer sounds like he is building an
> excuse for not fixing the pinging by stating that you caused a carbon build
> up in the cylinder head (the OLD common cause of pinging) Now adays that is
> pure BS! NO One should ever need to "decoke" a modern engine unless your
> running contaminated gas in it. Did the dealer do the manifold gasket
> leak test? If not, they should! I have heard that the manifold plate
> gasket can cause pinging if it leaks, and it has been known to leak on brand
> new trucks!
> Your dealer's service mangler sounds like he needs your services to pull his
> head out of his A** and get on with fixing your truck!!
>
> Sheesh.... Ive lost all faith in dealers...
> BKB
> --
> ---Original Message-----
> From: Dr. Leon Berman [mailto:stshack@nwlink.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 9:30 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Two Week Report
>
>
> Well folks two weeks have gone by with the New DAK - the 318 is purring
> along...as long as I don't step too hard on the gas.
>
> Here's the Report:
>
> Severe Pinging when I step hard on the gas or going uphill
> Dealer reset computer - it helped a bit, but it still pings.
>
> Passenger window wouldn't go back up.
> Dealer wiggled the wires in the door jamb, and then it worked.
> couldn't find anything loose once the door was taken apart, so
> they ordered a new switch....???? Strange remedy.
>
> And one more note: I was given a stern lecture about the type of gas
> I was using in the DAK and to quit using Supreme (high octane). The
> service manager at the dealer told me that the higher octane will create
> bad carbon buildup in the engine....??? Any comments folks?
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Besides those few things, my Dak is the most comfortable, easy to drive
> vehicle I've driven in a long time - and man, it sure is easy to pass the
> slower vehicles.
>
>
> Dr Leon Berman
> The Proctologist Of Rock 'n' Roll
> 90.3 fm KCMU Seattle
> 1-800-824-1601
>
> "It takes A big man to cry...it takes
> a bigger man to laugh at that man"
>
>
>
Dr Leon Berman
The Proctologist Of Rock 'n' Roll
90.3 fm KCMU Seattle
1-800-824-1601
"It takes A big man to cry...it takes
a bigger man to laugh at that man"
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