need help with truck not getting fire???
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need help with truck not getting fire???
Hello to all. This is my first post here and I am hoping to find some resolution to an issue I have with a 1998 dodge dakota, not producing any fire. It is 2 wheel drive, 3.2 V-8.
It all started with a leak at the timing chain cover gasket. I admit when it comes to autos I can sometimes know just enough to get me in trouble. However. after researching ,although the labor involved was quite timely, it seemed pretty straight forward. I followed step by step instructions and felt I had done a pretty thorough job. Used extreme caution in all areas. Anyway got the thing back together and have no fire. I researched some more and really cannot see that anything I would have messed with would cause this type of issue. So, decided I better go a little deeper in research. My check engine light was on so I bought a scanner. The code was PO 340. Camshaft position sensor. So I replaced.- Nothing. Read that sometimes you can get this reading and it be the Crankshaft position sensor. So I replaced.- Nothing. And I cleared the code after changing both of these. I double checked all my connections. Looking for loose ground. Checked all relays and fuses.-all look good. Check battery power.Checked power from alternator. Still no fire. I have a family member who is a mechanic. He stopped by the house and he basically checked everything I did and went a little deeper. He is just as baffled as I am. He suggest changing the coil and the ignition module. But before I did that I wanted to post here to get any additional ideas. I am a little confuse that anything I did would have caused this issue. Like I said I used extreme caution -even disconnecting the negative battery cable. Is there anything inside the timing housing tha I might have hit in putting it back together that would cause my truck not to fire? Any help offered would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
It all started with a leak at the timing chain cover gasket. I admit when it comes to autos I can sometimes know just enough to get me in trouble. However. after researching ,although the labor involved was quite timely, it seemed pretty straight forward. I followed step by step instructions and felt I had done a pretty thorough job. Used extreme caution in all areas. Anyway got the thing back together and have no fire. I researched some more and really cannot see that anything I would have messed with would cause this type of issue. So, decided I better go a little deeper in research. My check engine light was on so I bought a scanner. The code was PO 340. Camshaft position sensor. So I replaced.- Nothing. Read that sometimes you can get this reading and it be the Crankshaft position sensor. So I replaced.- Nothing. And I cleared the code after changing both of these. I double checked all my connections. Looking for loose ground. Checked all relays and fuses.-all look good. Check battery power.Checked power from alternator. Still no fire. I have a family member who is a mechanic. He stopped by the house and he basically checked everything I did and went a little deeper. He is just as baffled as I am. He suggest changing the coil and the ignition module. But before I did that I wanted to post here to get any additional ideas. I am a little confuse that anything I did would have caused this issue. Like I said I used extreme caution -even disconnecting the negative battery cable. Is there anything inside the timing housing tha I might have hit in putting it back together that would cause my truck not to fire? Any help offered would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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