help needed -- Dodge Dynasty won't keep running

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Jacques Clouseau - 27 Nov 2006 19:20 GMT

Hi -- hoping someone might be able to help me solve a problem.

My 1991 Dodge Dynasty (6-cylinder, 3 liter) was running more or less OK,
and then I went out one day and started it, only to have it stall after
the engine had run for about two seconds. It does this repeatedly --
starts, runs for about two seconds, and then stalls.

I can kind of keep it running, I found, if I repeatedly press and
release the gas pedal very quickly (as quickly as I can) once it's
started, but it runs incredibly rough while I do that. Then, when I
stop doing it, it stalls, even if it's warmed up a bit by then.

Any opinions as to what's wrong appreciated. Nothing else has changed
with the car lately. I did have a look at the air filter, but that
looks OK.

Jacques

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wws - 27 Nov 2006 21:16 GMT

> Hi -- hoping someone might be able to help me solve a problem.
>
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> Jacques

You probably have a massive vacuum leak.
Check the brake booster hose, the ecm hose, and any other hoses that
come off the intake manifold.
Could be a crack but it sounds like a disconnect.
Did anyone hear a backfire?
chuckle

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Jacques Clouseau - 27 Nov 2006 22:28 GMT

> > Hi -- hoping someone might be able to help me solve a problem.
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> Did anyone hear a backfire?
> chuckle

Thanks a lot for the info -- I'll have a look at the hoses.

Don't think there was a backfire . . . But maybe there was, and we took
it for gunfire . . .

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