Hi everyone,

I recently bought a 1992 Dodge B250 Mark III, it has a 5.2L 318 and for the first 2 weeks it ran like a champ, I drove the van from colorado springs to great falls montana and back she ran wonderful no issues at all.I took the van to a self serve car wash and thats when the problem started with the stalling, it seems especially prevalent when turning, is it possible something shorted when i washed the van and thats causing my trouble now, or is it just a coincidence>

 

If you just washed the outside it's probably coincidence. If however you washed under the hood, you could've removed some grime that was coating a wire and preventing it from shorting. You could've also gotten water in something that is fairly sealed up and is justtaking a while to dry out. The water could be swishing around in there causing an intermittent short whenever you corner.

 

I would check the coil, cap-n-rotor and the ballast resistor.

If it happens while turning, it's possible water is trapped in what-ever-it-is that's causing the problem too. Look around under the body and chassis too.