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Brent
Dodge Dakota
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8/17/2003
13:37:31
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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. Lately, it has been stalling for about the first 10 min of driving, and then runs OK. It might stall 5 times in the first few miles, sometimes starts right up, sometimes not. I took off the air cleaner cover and pulled the throttle cable and could see a steam of gas, so I don't think it is a fuel problem. When it dies it just goes dead, Usually no sputter, nothing, just dead. The radio still works when it stalls, so don't think it is a battery cable.
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.
I plan to next try to replace the Hall Effect plate in the distributer. Any suggestions or comments on this, or what to try next to fix the stalling?
Thanks
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Dakota88
Dodge Dakota
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8/24/2003
21:50:28
|  RE: random stalling '87 V6
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My '88 just died tonight and will not start. This same thing happened to me about 3 weeks ago but it started back up and was ok. I think the coil went bad, hopefully I'll know more tomorrow. Mines 4X4 auto with 143k
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Brent
Dodge Dakota
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8/28/2003
21:34:31
| RE: random stalling '87 V6
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I changed the hall effect plate in the distributer last night and it seems to have fixed the stalling problem. The plate sits in the bottom of the distributer in the 87' carburated Dakato, but not sure what the 88' fuel injected model would have. Brent
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