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My dad now owns my grandpas 92-93 dodge dakota with a 5.3 v8 in it. Truck has just a shade over 100k km's on it.
I was driving the truck abit this weekend and it has similiar sputtering kinda problems, but we know whats wrong with the dakota. The tranny is CRAP in them (auto) and the shifting makes it seem like the engine is doing the sputtering, when its actually the tranny.
Might be something to rule out.
I was driving the truck abit this weekend and it has similiar sputtering kinda problems, but we know whats wrong with the dakota. The tranny is CRAP in them (auto) and the shifting makes it seem like the engine is doing the sputtering, when its actually the tranny.
Might be something to rule out.
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evening all, I would get some extra big zip ties from home depot, zip tie the doors shut. Kinda the same thing as saran wrap, but its got some class to it. I think it would be funny to take all the wheels of, but leave everything there including the lug wrench, its teasing them, but no harm done. The stick figure movie is funny stuff. Some of that used to come from sfdt (stick figure death theater)
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Oh one more OT...
Randy's been having issues with is '93 Cheap Cherokee. V8 (5.2 liter I think). ANYWAYs....he claims he filled it up the other day with that 10% ethanol 90% unleaded crap. I asked him what he did that for since he doesn't have a flex-fuel enabled vehicle, and he swears up and down that such a small percentage of ethanol is okay to run in a standard gasser.
So long story short, he says it sputters when he pushes down on the throttle, as if it is running out of fuel. Once he gets up to highway speeds, it behaves normally. It doesn't have a fuel filter that I am aware of, or anything else that would need cleaning. Fuel pump is working obviously, it never quits it just sputters. This is all 2nd hand information, I haven't heard or seen it doing this.
A bit of background on this vehicle: It has a coolant leak. I have been all over his *** about figuring out where this is coming from, and told him to check out the water pump. He says it only leaks when its parked, never running.
When he first got it (was his grandfather's Jeep) it had an Oxygen sensor issue, but has seemed to run just fine since then.
It also burns oil. Not much, but a little bit. Oil pressure in this thing is all over the place, to the point to where it is worrisome. It gets up to the high end of the gauge when you really lay on the throttle, and drops back down when at idle.
So, upon first glance, what do you think? Once I get there I'll have a chance to inspect it.
Jeep only has like 53,000 miles on it.
Randy's been having issues with is '93 Cheap Cherokee. V8 (5.2 liter I think). ANYWAYs....he claims he filled it up the other day with that 10% ethanol 90% unleaded crap. I asked him what he did that for since he doesn't have a flex-fuel enabled vehicle, and he swears up and down that such a small percentage of ethanol is okay to run in a standard gasser.
So long story short, he says it sputters when he pushes down on the throttle, as if it is running out of fuel. Once he gets up to highway speeds, it behaves normally. It doesn't have a fuel filter that I am aware of, or anything else that would need cleaning. Fuel pump is working obviously, it never quits it just sputters. This is all 2nd hand information, I haven't heard or seen it doing this.
A bit of background on this vehicle: It has a coolant leak. I have been all over his *** about figuring out where this is coming from, and told him to check out the water pump. He says it only leaks when its parked, never running.
When he first got it (was his grandfather's Jeep) it had an Oxygen sensor issue, but has seemed to run just fine since then.
It also burns oil. Not much, but a little bit. Oil pressure in this thing is all over the place, to the point to where it is worrisome. It gets up to the high end of the gauge when you really lay on the throttle, and drops back down when at idle.
So, upon first glance, what do you think? Once I get there I'll have a chance to inspect it.
Jeep only has like 53,000 miles on it.
And remember Im no expert on this and Im going by info that was told to me durning a time frame where I was out for a 5days straight with little sleep clearing snow off sidewalks, so I could be complely wrong. lol
The oil pressure in my old jeep used to do the same thing, jumped all around. Me and my dad rigged up an gauge to it and I remember all the numbers being fine. It was a inline six 4.0 though, so it might not apply here...
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Lisa, don't badmouth gasohol here in Iowa. It is the cheapest and almost best fuel that you can get here. I have used it for years and it is great. It acts as a fuel de-icer so you don't have to use Heet. One winter I had only one vehicle that I didn't use it in and that was the one that didn't start. Plus it is higher octane than regular. It will cause problems if you have dirt in your fuel tank as it will loosen it and plug filters. In Iowa you still have a choice of fuels. But we added ethanol, an octane enhancer, to 87 octane and got 89 octane. The state of Minnesota mandated E-10 but the suppliers lowered the octane of the fuel, added 10% ethanol, and still have only 87 octane. In my vehicles, 87 runs like crap. My 427 Chevy grain truck runs so much better on ethanol, no pinging.
May have to have Randy's Jeep cooling system pressurized to find the leak. Sometimes those can be a pain to find. Hope it isn't a head gasket. Was he involved in the work at the coal train derailment ?
May have to have Randy's Jeep cooling system pressurized to find the leak. Sometimes those can be a pain to find. Hope it isn't a head gasket. Was he involved in the work at the coal train derailment ?
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From: Brinklow Md
Lisa, don't badmouth gasohol here in Iowa. It is the cheapest and almost best fuel that you can get here. I have used it for years and it is great. It acts as a fuel de-icer so you don't have to use Heet. One winter I had only one vehicle that I didn't use it in and that was the one that didn't start. Plus it is higher octane than regular. It will cause problems if you have dirt in your fuel tank as it will loosen it and plug filters. In Iowa you still have a choice of fuels. But we added ethanol, an octane enhancer, to 87 octane and got 89 octane. The state of Minnesota mandated E-10 but the suppliers lowered the octane of the fuel, added 10% ethanol, and still have only 87 octane. In my vehicles, 87 runs like crap. My 427 Chevy grain truck runs so much better on ethanol, no pinging.
May have to have Randy's Jeep cooling system pressurized to find the leak. Sometimes those can be a pain to find. Hope it isn't a head gasket. Was he involved in the work at the coal train derailment ?
May have to have Randy's Jeep cooling system pressurized to find the leak. Sometimes those can be a pain to find. Hope it isn't a head gasket. Was he involved in the work at the coal train derailment ?
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Chris, I'm not saying that you were wrong 'cause I don't know all the facts about your situation. The ethanol will absorb the water in the system and if it accumulates too much, could cause a problem.
I think the jury is still out on all the facts of ethanol but I am going to use it.
I think the jury is still out on all the facts of ethanol but I am going to use it.
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I'm going to look into it a little further. I don't know if any of the cell companies have a "trial" period or not, but I'd like to try both Sprint and Verizon for a few weeks to see if it would meet my needs and possibly what my data usage would be.
With that, I'm out. Gotta be up at 4:30 to hit the road again. Y'all have a good night.
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Lisa, the 10% ethanol mix is safe to run in vehicles designed for pure gasoline, however the slight alcohol content may have knocked some deposits loose. Being a '93 with only 53K on it, chances are it's had some stale and varnished gas in it a time or two. The varnish may have been knocked loose.
All vehicles [i]should[/] have some kind of fuel filter in it. If this one is fuel injected, it may just be something as simple as a sock in the tank. I'd lean toward an inline somewhere along the framerail, though I don't know that for a fact. Anyway, those deposits that are now busted loose could have easily clogged the filter. That's classic symptoms of a clogged filter.
Another thing it could be is a collapsing rubber fuel line, but that would have to be under suction, and not knowing where the fuel pump is located, I don't know if that's an option. My Jeep exhibited those exact symptoms for a while. I chased it down for months, and it ended up being a collapsed fuel line on the top of the tank, that would only do it under load and heavy throttle & RPM as the mechanical pump drew more fuel.
As for oil pressure, most all Chrysler vehicles I've seen from that era do the exact same thing. My Wrangler does it too, although it's a little older at an '87. As long as it comes up during an increase in RPM, you're fine, IMO.
Lee, thanks for the info.
I'm outta here. You all have a good day!
All vehicles [i]should[/] have some kind of fuel filter in it. If this one is fuel injected, it may just be something as simple as a sock in the tank. I'd lean toward an inline somewhere along the framerail, though I don't know that for a fact. Anyway, those deposits that are now busted loose could have easily clogged the filter. That's classic symptoms of a clogged filter.
Another thing it could be is a collapsing rubber fuel line, but that would have to be under suction, and not knowing where the fuel pump is located, I don't know if that's an option. My Jeep exhibited those exact symptoms for a while. I chased it down for months, and it ended up being a collapsed fuel line on the top of the tank, that would only do it under load and heavy throttle & RPM as the mechanical pump drew more fuel.
As for oil pressure, most all Chrysler vehicles I've seen from that era do the exact same thing. My Wrangler does it too, although it's a little older at an '87. As long as it comes up during an increase in RPM, you're fine, IMO.
Lee, thanks for the info.
I'm outta here. You all have a good day!
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