RTZoD
04-24-2009, 11:11 PM
Went to get in the Dak today. Its been sitting since yesterday. Got in turned the key and it barely turned over. Then stopped cause the battery was dead.
So I jumped it off with the work truck and it started up. But ran like it was loading up and wouldnt idle. Started smoking as if it flooded. I would let off the gas and it would die. So i held it at about 1000 rpm's and it seemed to run fine. Then I let up on the gas and died again. A little bit of backfiring was going on during this.
After a few minutes holding it at idle it started to clear up. And it started to idle again. Took it down the road and seemed to run fine.Got back to the house and it started up and idled fine after that. I at first thought it jumped timing. But thats apparently not the issue. It might be a coil going out? I think the battery died due to my amp being hooked up directly to the battery. Could it be that the voltage was so low from the dead battery that some electronics were not working properly? With the battery charged it seems to have all the issues gone.
So I jumped it off with the work truck and it started up. But ran like it was loading up and wouldnt idle. Started smoking as if it flooded. I would let off the gas and it would die. So i held it at about 1000 rpm's and it seemed to run fine. Then I let up on the gas and died again. A little bit of backfiring was going on during this.
After a few minutes holding it at idle it started to clear up. And it started to idle again. Took it down the road and seemed to run fine.Got back to the house and it started up and idled fine after that. I at first thought it jumped timing. But thats apparently not the issue. It might be a coil going out? I think the battery died due to my amp being hooked up directly to the battery. Could it be that the voltage was so low from the dead battery that some electronics were not working properly? With the battery charged it seems to have all the issues gone.