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Old 03-06-2014, 01:43 PM
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You can test the IAC by removing it and turning the key to the "ON" position. Watch for movement of the plunger.


Dang. I should have tried that, before I called the shop. GRRRR....
 
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Old 03-06-2014, 01:44 PM
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You are right. No check engine light. Never got around to that. Lol.
If the coil driver was fried, would it spark at all? My guess would be no.


I had to call a shop. I hate to do it, being as I know my truck better than anyone. All my tools are packed up, I have no garage to work on it, its dumping rain and snow, and I'm in a motel parking lot in Butte, Montana, where I don't know a single soul.
If the coil driver was fried it could spark intermittently, enough to keep it running.

Too bad you're up in Montana. I hate the feeling of having someone else work on a vehicle, especially a customized one.
 
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Old 03-06-2014, 02:16 PM
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Wonder if the coil got smoked......
 
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Old 03-06-2014, 02:20 PM
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Wonder if the coil got smoked......
I also wonder that. Would it fire at all though, if the coil was junk?
 
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Old 03-06-2014, 02:25 PM
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Maybe.

Electrical parts can have some truly strange failure modes....
 
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Lol. That is a fact.
 
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Buddy had around the same problem with his 318. It would stay running just kept dying. It'd stay running if you kept on the gas but.
I told him to turn the key all the way on(dash lights up) then all the way back off. And do that 3 times. And on the 4turn start it and it stayed running. Don't know if it's work but
 
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Hey guys, Scooter texted me and said he's back on the road again.

It turned out, AutoZone, gave him a flasher relay instead of a ASD relay for his ASD. Hence the pulsing haha. Swapped it and he's back on the road again.
 
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LOLOLOLOL. I bet that would indeed give you some WEIRD problems.
 
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Hopefully, the OP returns with an explanation of what corrective action was taken.
 


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