1990 Dodge Dakota Troubles

From : montanatimberwolf

Q: dakota 4x4 1990 3/4 of a tank of gas. about a 3 or 4 blocks the pickup dies yes i can restart it but it take a lot of cranking to get it restarted 3 or 4 mins. some times if i losen the air filter cap and retry to start the pickup it will start. could it be the fuel filter next trouble the temp stat when the pickup is off the temp state is on half and when the pick is started the temp stat returns to the right place dose any one know the trouble dose any one now what the engine light means when it blinks 3 times i done the trick on off 3 times and the engine light had blink 3 times -- posted at authors request using moderated http//www.autoboardz.com interface thread archive http//www.autoboardz.com/1990-dodge-dakota-troubles-ftopict248891.html .

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From : peterd

on thu 04 sep 2008 072209 -0500 montanatimberwolf none@000.com wrote dakota 4x4 1990 3/4 of a tank of gas. about a 3 or 4 blocks the pickup dies yes i can restart it but it take a lot of cranking to get it restarted 3 or 4 mins. some times if i losen the air filter cap air-filter cap when was the last time you replaced your air-filter or are you thinking fuel-filler cap and retry to start the pickup it will start. could it be the fuel filter well it could be but why would you think it is you seem to think the air-filter is the issue q does it have drivability issues otherwise next trouble the temp stat temp stat or temperature gauge a stat is often slang for the thermostat not the gauge. when the pickup is off the temp state is on half so you turn off the key and the gauge stays at half way did it always do this or did this just start and when the pick is started the temp stat returns to the right place dose any one know the trouble but when running it is reading correctly it only reads wrong in your viewpoint when the engine is off this is relatively normal many gauges dont return to zero when the key is off. dose any one now what the engine light means when it blinks 3 times i done the trick on off 3 times and the engine light had blink 3 times best to put a scan tool on it if possible. a 90 wont have odbii so youll need a tool that will read that year. .