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Old Aug 17, 2009 | 05:13 AM
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Unhappy my baby finnaly laid down on me 318 guys unite on this one....!!!!

well for the past month my trucks been acting wierd its starts up fine but when i go on a trip dats over 20 mins shell start loosing horsepower to the point itll just lose rpms and fade out then ill have to wait 10 mins or when it decides 2 start agin also its poppin ign.coils like hell i bought 3 lolz and there all dead gone got new spark plugs, cap, rotor ,pickup module inside the distributer...??? ive had the transmission checked its fine so its sumthin in the motor im sure....!!!dayuum im stummped folks im thinkin its gotta be pcu goin out but hell its also could be the distributer but how can a coil drain a ditributer when the battery relays 12v to the coil the from the it turns into 9v and the distributer spreads it....??? and why am i blowin so many coils and when it does ride it ride like crud it kinda has a miss to it..!! help...???!!!
 
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Old Aug 17, 2009 | 05:14 AM
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oh 94 dodge dak ext cab 318 magnum motor
 
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Old Aug 17, 2009 | 08:27 AM
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Sounds like a bad wire problem. Something is shorting out.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2009 | 02:56 PM
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I agree. I would check to make sure all your grounds are good first. Then check all the wiring from the distributor and make sure is all clear and good. no burn spots or unshielded wires.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 02:08 AM
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Learn to type, before you learn to fix your truck.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 11:11 PM
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pcu when out whent ta pull a part grabed two of em shes bak ta kickn as and yeah there was a short in the ing coil wire....!!! and to the dude above me got blow an ***
ya redneck sum bitch
 
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