lurking and searching for awhile now ....and at the cost of $300+ so far !!!!!!

need some expertise on this.

99 dakota 3.6l auto 110k mi.

last week it wouldnt turn over so bought new battery. problem fixed. this week wont start. replaced iginition coil and crankshaft position sensor and bought a obd II scanner and i have no thrown codes. still wont start. its been pretty cold around here (western pa) so even threw in some dry gas as a precaution.

now at a loss

any suggestions would help as i dont want to take to local garage but.....running out of cash !

 

Distributor cap and rotor?

PS. Dry gas is unnecessary because of the 10% ethanol in gasoline these days.

 

thanks for input !

that was the next step(hesitating)........just hoping that i missed something obvious(easy/cheap). cap and rotor then plugs and wires. if it still doesnt start after that then what......garage ?

 

just wondering.. did you check to see if it was getting fire before going out and buying stuff you may not need? ....Is it getting fuel?

 

And if you're going to get a cap and rotor, you should get plugs and wires at the same time and do it all. Its cheap for all those things and easy.

But check to make sure you're getting spark or fuel first.

 

True story, possibly the fuel pump. An easy way to check that is to have someone turn your ignition on (without starting it), while you listen under the rear of your truck. If when they turn the key on you hear a buzzing for a few seconds and shut off, your pump is fine. If you hear nothing, then you probably need a new fuel pump.

 

as of today truck is running fine ! i think the dry gas got it to start
so there was some h2o in fuel line. while it was running(real bad) it threw a p1391 code so i rechecked the crankshaft postion sensor and tightened up the bolts(top one was loose) added some sea foam and its running fine now.

so just to note:
1. battery - $80
2. ignition coil -$40
3. crankshaft position sensor - $100
4. dry gas and sea foam. - $12~
5. and a few (while this is off.....might as well do this...)routine maintence
- $40~
total - $260~ not the $300 posted earlier.

This is what solved my problem of the ......99 dakota that wont start

thanks for all the input !

 

ok as of today....same problem as in january !

is it possible that the same parts are bad ?!?!?!?!
1. ign coil
2. crank pos sen.

battery is fine, getting fire and gas. cant get a code b/c it wont start.
we have had alot of rain past few days so added the sea foam again
to tank and carb. gonna try to start tomorrow.