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05 Dakota Wont Start Help
I have a 2005 Dodge Dakota 4WD 3.7 V6, 53,000 miles. About one month ago now the truck was taken into the shop with a knock in the engine. Turned out one of the rockers was off center in a valve, leading to carbon buildup. Essentially all 6 valves were replaced as a result. Additionally, the head gasket, exhaust manifold and transmission lines were also replaced. Transmission fluid was flushed and the engine received a tune up.
About five days after receiving the vehicle back I went out to start it one day and it wouldn't start. The truck turned over just fine, for a split second it would sound like the engine was going to start and then go back to just turning over. I would have the same result on subsequent tries. It has happened on four or five occasions now. Sometimes after four or five tries I would finally get it to start. A few times I let it sit for a day or so and then went back and it started again. Once the truck started I would not have this problem again, for a few days, maybe a week. I have no inclination as to when the problem occurs, it just seem to come and go on its own.
I returned to the dealer today as I am pretty ticked off it's still happening. I foolishly hoped it would just go away. Before having the truck in the first time this never happened once. It has only been since I got it back. They performed a 3 hr pressure test on the fuel system with no external leak appearing. Dealer also indicated that there was a pressure drop from 55 to 25 PSI in the tank, and said that's a little abnormal. Dealer said they can't say for sure, but it could be beginning of a fuel pump going bad.
Has anyone experienced this? Any clues as to what it may be? I am at a loss and would find any help useful. While the dealer wont diagnose a thing I would like to be confident in what I am driving and that it wont strand me in the middle of no where. Thank you.
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02-12-2010, 03:48 PM
