98 Durango OBD II inop??

From : chris

Q: you been over the beartooth and the chief joseph yet looking west right yup....standing in cody looking at a gateway to yellowstone. -- nathan w. collier http//7slotgrille.com http//utilityoffroad.com .

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From : chris

$2.17 and up in san antonio. gas has dropped to $1.99 in a lot of stations and i saw one dumpy raghead conv. store yesterday at $1.97 diesel hasnt dropped one cent. it is usually cheaper at the truck stops east of town going towards houston but i havent been out that way in some time. i got a chevy p/u diesel and the lockup solenoid in the trans is bad. havent gotten around to getting it fixed. but need to pretty soon. it has knocked off about 3+ mpg. actually i am pretty surprised gas is dropping with memorial day coming up. i figured it would hit $3.00 or close in time for summer vacations. larry .

From : tom lawrence

on wed 11 may 2005 001943 gmt badger cferriola@gmail.com wrote on mon 9 may 2005 195243 +0200 steve lusardi stevenospam@lusardi.de wrote peter there are such things and yes they work very well provided they have been installed correctly. their purpose is to counteract electrolytic corrosion. this occurs when dissimilar metals are in contact through an electrolite solution. they work by monitoring the electric potential difference between 2 points and creating a couterbalencing potential and appying it. for intstance if you take a bronze propeller and throw it in the ocean. then in a hundred years remove the propeller. there might be growth but the prop would be intact. take the same propeller place it on the end of a stainless shaft stick it on a boat in the same ocean and with the slightest electric leakage on that boat and the prop could be wasted away in a year. these systems prevent that from occurring. however i think they have dubious value in a car. steve i noticed a small black box inside engine compartment labeled body gard and computerized corrosion control module or smth to that effect. it was unplugged so i tried plugging it in and red light on the box came up... is this supposed to be factory-installed option didnt look like it i wonder how such a module can control corrosion and if it indeed can then why previous owner left it unplugged its durango 99 btw peter unless the car is kept submerged i cant see how it would work - sure hasnt worked on my daughters neon. when did you install it clay it was installed by the dealer before it was delivered to the original owner. the car is not a rust bucket but it does have one nasty spot on the drivers door the muffler is pretty well gone from the outside and any fasteners that are not cad plated are brown with rust - along with fuel lines and brake lines. not bad enough to be worrysome but no better than the wifes unprotected mystique 2 years older or my trans-sport 4 years older. i say it is high priced psuedo-science snake oil. .

From : chris

thanks for the advice. i checked the fuses and all is well. i dont have a multimeter so checking the wiring is out. where is the pcm located and is it safe to assume theres a connector going into it as well theres three of them actually - about 35 pins each located on the passenger-side firewall engine-side. if its a physical problem with the wiring id suspect it to be under the dash close to the obd-ii connector right where your foot could unknowningly kick it. .

From : tom lawrence

i put a k&n air filter system on it and my mileage did get a little better. i even modified my route to work so i experienced more highway driving. if i baby it i get between 16 & 17 on the freeway. .