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Dan
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1/04/2006
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 Subject: 99 Dakota V6 Issues (ping/stutter)
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Hey guys,
I have a 1999 Dodge Dakota AT with the 3.9 V6. It is about to hit 100k miles and it's been giving me some problems recently. After I went on a long trip out of town (only about 150mi) did it start this issue. The motors seems to be idling fine but every once in a while it will stutter, the RPMs would drop then it would come back up to idle speed. It did this before, I replaced the plugs and oil and it ran pretty good for a little while till I made the trip again and it started doing the same thing. I'm wondering if it's something related to fuel?
Any insight to this problem would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
-Dan
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nummnuts
Dodge Dakota
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1/05/2006
07:04:16
|  RE: 99 Dakota V6 Issues (ping/stutter)
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don't make that trip again. heh, heh, heh.
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1/05/2006
09:14:52
| RE: 99 Dakota V6 Issues (ping/stutter)
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Is tank less than half full -=- possible
fuel pump going weak !
Have you cleaned the Idle Air Control
( on back of throttle body ) ?
Also possible - O2 sensor ( just in front of cat..)
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Mateo
Dodge Dakota
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1/06/2006
12:24:03
| RE: 99 Dakota V6 Issues (ping/stutter)
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Dan,
Mine used to do that up until it would happen
at a traffic light and I got it fixed. It
would kinda cough or stutter and it got worse
to the point that it died during an idle from
a complete stop. A mechanic did it for me and
said it was a fouled fuel injector. Seemed to
of fixed it. Just for mention, a year later it
started happening again and I changed the fuel
filter... . fixed it right up, almost instantly.
Now I use those marketed 'fuel injector cleaners'
just for precaution, and end up buying 91 octane
gas.
On another note but similar topic, I just got
back from a trip too where while driving in higher altitudes my engine would not ignite as
i would give it gas. (it kinda reminded me of
my engine's fuel problem like the stutter you mention) I was hours into the drive and minutes
away from the ski resort and I had to pull over.
I took off the top to my K&N air filter and looked inside. There was unburnt fuel on the filter and I traced it back to the crank case inlet hose connecting into the air filter's container. I unhooked the hose and fanned the filter to dry the left over fuel. This allowed me to get to the ski resort but only if I put it in 4WD and kept the RPMs above 2K. I be looking into this one shortly, but keep posting Dan if you find your answer. I seem to of had this problem you mention about 2 years ago and it keeps haunting me in sublte but different ways with in the fuel system. Anyways, good luck.
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marcus 1619
Dodge Dakota
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1/07/2006
07:33:10
| RE: 99 Dakota V6 Issues (ping/stutter)
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Its probaly the IAC. Just clean it and you should be good
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Dan
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1/08/2006
03:41:41
| RE: 99 Dakota V6 Issues (ping/stutter)
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Thanks guys for the replies. Where's the IAC on a 99 V6? I really want to replace the fuel filter, but if my research is correct, it's in the pump in the tank!?
-Dan
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marcus 1619
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1/08/2006
04:21:47
| RE: 99 Dakota V6 Issues (ping/stutter)
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the IAC is on the back of the throttle body, and yes you have to remove fuel tank to get to the filter
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