5.9L engine wont accellerate

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Bob Fay - 31 Dec 2005 21:02 GMT

I have a 2001 Dodge 1 ton Van 3500. Intermittently it will start but will
not accelerate. Any Ideas?

Bob

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TBone - 31 Dec 2005 21:08 GMT

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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> I have a 2001 Dodge 1 ton Van 3500. Intermittently it will start but will
> not accelerate. Any Ideas?
>
> Bob

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Bob Fay - 31 Dec 2005 22:44 GMT

> It could be any number of things, do you have a check engine light on.
> You
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> 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

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Tom Lawrence - 31 Dec 2005 23:09 GMT

> 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?

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None - 31 Dec 2005 23:42 GMT

I had trouble with the catolytic convertor... It fell apart and blocked the
flow, M.

>> 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?

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Tom Lawrence - 01 Jan 2006 03:22 GMT

>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 :)

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jmc - 02 Jan 2006 11:35 GMT

Suddenly, without warning, Tom Lawrence exclaimed (31-Dec-05 11:09 PM):

>>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?

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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