Hey everyone,
having a problem with my 98 Stratus 2.5L V6 and I'm looking for more info. It started when I was coming home and I came to a stop sign and the engine started sputtering and conked out. I was able to get it started but every time I put it in gear it would just stall. I had a EGR insufficient flow code on the car for about a year and assumed it finally wasn't going to work anymore. I changed the EGR valve and the solenoid/transducer, but still no go. I checked for spark, good. I checked the timing, good. Checked fuel, good. Changed the crankshaft sensor, nothing. Changed the PCM, nothing. Tried squirting ether in the valve body, nothing. If anyone has any more ideas or can think of something I missed, please let me know. I'm going to change the distributor tomorrow, so I'll let you know what happens.

Thanks,
Jim

 

Jim
Should remove the spark plugs and see if they are soaked with fuel and do a compression test too.

 

Well, I changed the distributor and nothing. It ended up being the distributor cap and rotor. It happened that there was spark, just not strong spark.

 

Good job! Thank you for replying the fix.

 

my 98 dodge stratus doesnt want to start anymore. i changed oil got new tires plug wires and sparkplugs, now it doesnt like to start lol. i bought a fuel filter today. if anyone knows what is wrong would appreicate an answer thank you