Sounds like water is getting into one of your spark plug boots and fouling a
plug could be more than one though. I understand how it does this in the rain
it, doesn't take much water, but were you washing under the hood or using a
pressue washer or any other forced water under the hood? That's where I would
start.
Jeff Durling
'96 RC Sport
"Mike D." wrote:
> okay guys, I need some techincal mumbo-jumbo =)
>
> here is the problem. This has happened twice. Once when it rained, and
> once when I washed my dak...
>
> the truck won't start. It just sits there and looks all good, but don't
> run.. Here's what it does. When it does run, it sputters and spits and
> hesitates. When I give it gas, the engine surges, but won't hold a steady
> RPM. I have a JET and I think this is causing it. The thing that stumps
> me is, when I remove the JET, it still does it. The first time, the truck
> just sat for a couple days sans the JET and it started right up after
> about 36 hours of chillin' in the driveway. This time, it started after a
> couple hours, but it wouldn't make it very far without stallin' again,
> and it ran like it was in baaaaaaad shape. I ran codes and I got a 52,
> which is a O2 sensor stuck in rich position ... (huh? make sense?) Man,
> I'm stumped... it still acts up, even with the JET removed... could it be
> somethin' else? Could the JEt have allowed water in the computer itself
> and that is the problem? is it the computer at all?????
>
> arrrgggghhh!!
>
> how am I supposed to spank magnums when my dak don't even run???? =)
>
> input?? anyone? beuler??
>
> -mike d
>
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