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68 messages, Last post on Nov 05, 2009 at 4:17 PM
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Replying to: dustyk (Mar 04, 2009 6:43 pm)  One more question. Can this gummy buildup have any effect on fuel economy? Like maybe less air in the throttle body causing a richer fuel/air mixture??? |
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Replying to: dustyk (Mar 04, 2009 6:43 pm) 
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Replying to: mrsincere7 (Mar 06, 2009 7:30 am) When the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) senses that the vehicle is reducing speed, the PCM tells the IAC motor to retract the pintle and close the idle air passage, If the pintle sticks and does not close the idle air flow passage, it would be equivalent to having an excessively high idle or opening the throttle partially on a carbureted engine. If fuel consumption seems higher to you, there are a whole bunch of other things I'd check first. Glad to hear cleaning the throttlebody solved your problem. Best regards, Dusty
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Replying to: dustyk (Mar 07, 2009 11:14 am)
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Replying to: mrsincere7 (Mar 20, 2009 3:50 pm) Thank you for the update. Are you in a cold weather part of the country? Regards, Dusty
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Replying to: dustyk (Mar 22, 2009 10:54 am) Well that depends. I wouldnt consider it a consistent cold weather part of the country. I live in New Jersey. And lately it's been cold. We had less than 10 degrees F 2 months ago. Now were in the high teens to low 50's. F. Is your question related to my problem possibly being poor performance of the IAC during cold weather? FYI, I bought my Dakota in October 2008. It had 105,000 and now has 108,000. I believe I noticed the stalling way back in October, but assumed it needed a tune-up or something else. It wasnt until recently, I started looking into other causes. Of course I always find a wealth of information here ( especially from you ) , and thats why I did a little research here and found what I needed.
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Replying to: mrsincere7 (Mar 22, 2009 7:22 pm) Regards, Dusty
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Replying to: dustyk (Mar 26, 2009 2:00 pm) |
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Replying to: cmccurdy (Feb 26, 2008 7:42 am) |
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I've owned my 1992 dakota 4x4 5.2 since new and haven't experienced too many problems until recently. It has 192000kms on it and have replaced the transmission, radiator, & water pump. The tranmission hasn't operated as it should since the rebuild by Mr. Transmission, the water temperature hasn't been what it should (both from reading the gauge and inside heater temperature) since replacing oem rad with an aftermarket one, oil pressure switch was replaced as low or flucutating oil pressure was observed, and now the largest and most annoying problem of all has been determining the problem of stalling, rough running backfiring hard starting, intermittent starting, being more than likely due to a faulty crankshaft position sensor. Replaced with a used one from wreking yard didn't last more than a couple of hours and died. Guess it'll be worth spending a few extra dollars on a new oem replacement and see if it last a bit longer? Other than that it has been a good and enjoyable truck.
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