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yeastinflexion - 02 May 2008 21:08 GMT

hey i drove my 88 dodge caravan (not original motor but also from a
similar model), to work and then tried to go home for lunch and it
would start but would not stay running. i found that if i pumped the
accellerator at the right frequency i could sorta lurch down the road,
which is how i got home. i suspected it was running itself out of gas
so i replaced the fuel filter but it still does the same thing. any
ideas?

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SRN - 02 May 2008 21:32 GMT

Probably fuel pump. Get a gauge and check it at the fuel rail. Should be
42-45 PSI.

> hey i drove my 88 dodge caravan (not original motor but also from a
> similar model), to work and then tried to go home for lunch and it
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> so i replaced the fuel filter but it still does the same thing. any
> ideas?

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QX - 03 May 2008 13:49 GMT

>hey i drove my 88 dodge caravan (not original motor but also from a
>similar model), to work and then tried to go home for lunch and it
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>so i replaced the fuel filter but it still does the same thing. any
>ideas?

My 84 Caravan had a similar problem, intermittent, that drove us and
the dealer crazy. Seems the carb float was starting to deteriorate and
a small particle was lodging in the outlet jet. Took them 3 trys to
find it. Last time I dropped the car off they had it all day, and it
would not repeat the problem. I picked the car up and it stalled 1/2
way out the service drive into the street. They got several folks to
push it back in, kept it another day which was when they finally found
the problem.

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Bob Omb - 04 May 2008 03:54 GMT

actually the problem was the MAP sensor, thanks to someone who responded
privately to my posting.

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