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weightset
Dodge Dakota
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2/28/2006
23:30:42
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In cold weather my truck acts really strange. It will start then immediatly shut right off. So i start it again and it runs really crappy and has little backfires and such but after about 1 min of driving it runs perfec. what could be causing this behavior? could it just be the truck is cold?
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Kirby
Dodge Dakota
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3/01/2006
00:50:30
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Try hooking your vacuum cleaner to the tailpipe. The suction should keep the engine running.
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jpkomm
Dodge Dakota
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3/01/2006
07:36:26
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When you say "cold," how cold are we talking about?
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weightset
Dodge Dakota
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3/01/2006
09:03:34
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ok hers some more info the truck is a 93 sport and for temp its sometimes only 5 degrees sometimes colder it did it today and it got down to about 12
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daddio
Dodge Dakota
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3/01/2006
10:22:52
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you may want to have your battery load tested. a weak battery can cause those symptoms.
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jerry
Dodge Dakota
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3/01/2006
21:31:12
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I agree with daddio - mine started right up and woild die unless I kept my foot on the pedal keeping the revs up. It seemed like the choke wasn't working. It didn't do it every single morning though. Then the battery died and I put a new one in. After the new battery it never happened again.
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weightset
Dodge Dakota
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3/01/2006
22:41:48
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The thing is though that i just bought a new battery back in July
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4.7onN2O
Dodge Dakota
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3/02/2006
01:04:36
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Still might want to get it checked. My Firebird has killed a battery in under a year before. Also clean your battery contacts up.
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Kowalski
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3/02/2006
15:36:24
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Weightset - might be worth checking like daddio says anyway; another possibility would be a dirty IAC on the TB.
4.7onN2O - still got that firechicken ? A broken ground strap between motor and body can overcharge the battery; took me a long time to figure that out on a Tempest once.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
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4.7onN20
Dodge Dakota
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3/02/2006
16:03:26
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Yup but the motor is out of it right now. I rolled a lobe on my brand new $250 small base custom ground cam. GRRRRR! I may have lost a cam bearing. Ill checkout that ground strap when im throwing it back in.
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Kowalski
GenIII
3/02/2006
16:32:30
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Ouch ! Good luck with it.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
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