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1998 Dodge Dakota truck keeps stalling out

Sent to Car Experts November 30 12:53 AM

My husband has a 1998 Dodge Dakota truck, V6 cylinder engine, with 2 wheel drive.

The truck will stall out when he is idling at a stop sign, or even when just driving along. He needs help analyzing the problem.

He's tried to use Sea Foam to resolve problem, but, it keeps returning.

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1998 Dodge Dakota V6

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Seafoam

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Status:  Closed   Value: $5
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November 30 9:57 AM (9 hours and 3 minutes and 33 seconds later)
         
Is this an automatic or a standard? About how many miles?Has he done anything else? Any other info would help.

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December 1 8:28 PM (1 day and 10 hours later)
         
The truck has an automatic transmission and about 100,000 miles on the odometer.

It stalls when he stops at a red light and the engine is idling. It will start back up easily, but, the stalling out is dangerous and annoying.

He hasn't tried any other fixes except for the Seafoam.
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December 1 10:32 PM (2 hours and 3 minutes and 21 seconds later)
         
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Hello, I see you have a 3.9 v-6. Your most likely problem is the IAC- Idle air control, which is located on the throttle body. These will get a lot of carbon built up on them after time and will not function properly as they can not close far enough with the carbon built up on them. It is a very easy repair. You will need a new throttle body gasket and a can of carbuerator cleaner. Remove the cover from the air filter box and the throttle body. Then remove the throttle cables. Then remove the 4 13mm bolts. Then remove the throttle body from the engine. The next step is to remove the IAC. This is held on with two torx 25 screws. after IAC removal, clean the carbon off othe IAC and clean the throttle body as well. After cleaning, screw the IAC back onto the throttle body and install throttle body back on to engine with new gasket. Note:I like to use a tooth brush with the carbuerator cleaner when cleaning these. Good luck, this should fix your stalling problem.

Edited by dsumers on December 1 2005 at 10:33 PM

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