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5.9L engine wont accellerate

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Bob Fay

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Dec 31, 2005, 4:02:38 PM12/31/05
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I have a 2001 Dodge 1 ton Van 3500. Intermittently it will start but will
not accelerate. Any Ideas?

Bob


TBone

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Dec 31, 2005, 4:08:46 PM12/31/05
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It could be any number of things, do you have a check engine light on. You
might want to have it scanned for codes, both active and pending. It could
be low fuel pressure caused by either a bad pump or a plugged filter. Hell,
it could even be a bad tank of fuel. What were the conditions when this
problem began?

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Bob Fay

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Dec 31, 2005, 5:44:56 PM12/31/05
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"TBone" <tbone...@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> It could be any number of things, do you have a check engine light on.
> You
> might want to have it scanned for codes, both active and pending. It
> could
> be low fuel pressure caused by either a bad pump or a plugged filter.
> Hell,
> it could even be a bad tank of fuel. What were the conditions when this
> problem began?

This problem has occurred when the van had been driven for several miles,
shut off for five minutes and then restarted. The engine would idle, but die
when I put it in drive. It happened once when it was shut down overnight. I
fear this thing is going to leave me in the middle of the desert sometime.
So far, it seems to cure itself.

Bob


Tom Lawrence

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Dec 31, 2005, 6:09:25 PM12/31/05
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> This problem has occurred when the van had been driven for several miles,
> shut off for five minutes and then restarted. The engine would idle, but
> die when I put it in drive.

How old's the battery?


None

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Dec 31, 2005, 6:42:14 PM12/31/05
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I had trouble with the catolytic convertor... It fell apart and blocked the
flow, M.


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Tom Lawrence

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Dec 31, 2005, 10:22:47 PM12/31/05
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>I had trouble with the catolytic convertor... It fell apart and blocked the
>flow, M.

That's possible, but usually doesn't cause the engine to stall. Plugged
cats usually manifest themselves as a vehicle with no power - can't get out
of it's own way... kinda like driving a Ford :)


jmc

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Jan 2, 2006, 6:35:24 AM1/2/06
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Suddenly, without warning, Tom Lawrence exclaimed (31-Dec-05 11:09 PM):
I'd tend to second this idea, had a very similar problem when the
battery on my old Mitsu truck was dying (had a dead cell).

jmc

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