Brent
Dodge Dakota
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7/21/2003
22:46:58
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 Subject: Random stalling '87 V6
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My Dakota is a 1987 4WD V6 with a carburator. It has 160,000 miles. This early model has no check engine light and I have been told that the computor can not be read like the new ones.
My problem is that the truck randomly stalls. It has no real pattern. I can drive for 1 or 30 min with no problem and then the truck will die once, or several times in 5 min. When it dies it just goes dead, no sputter, nothing, just dead. It will usually restart with no problem in very short time. (30 sec - 2 min). No patern whatsoever on stalling, except that it has not stalled when just idleing.
In an effort to fix this, get it smogged, and just replace some parts that have failed in the last 6 months I have done the following. Changed spark plugs, wires, dist. cap, rotor, alternator, battery, O2 senser, fuel pump(mechanical), and fuel filter. I just recently got it to pass smog, at which time they visually assured the EGR valve was working. My hydrocarbon and CO2 levels were high on the smog test, but in the accetable range for CA. My NO was low.
Any suggestion on what to try next to fix the stalling? Not much fun coasting to a stop in rush hour traffic.
Brent
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