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onestyles
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Apr 26, 2008, 1:13 PM
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93 Plymouth Voyager dies when idle
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Greetings, I have a question about a family owned 93 Plymouth Voyager with 3.3 in it. When the van is started up, the RPM slowly begins dropping. Not sure the actual amount, but the guess is it is dropping clear down to around 6-700 RPM and then there is a *click* sound and the engine will shut off. Start it back up, same thing. If the van is stopped and the idle is down and the engine is revved, there are no problems.
Today the same problem happened, and now it will not start. It turns over, just doesn't want to start. Are there any ideas on what this can be?? Thanks very much in advance, hopefully it is not an *expensive* problem because frankly the van isn't worth that much nowadays anyway :)
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Apr 26, 2008, 1:28 PM
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Sorry, failed to point out that this is only an issue while the engine is cold. Once it has been running, this is not so much an issue.
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tcwagner
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May 4, 2008, 9:49 PM
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I don't know if it will help, but you might trace the vacuum hose that goes over to the passenger side up front, most likely, to a little vaccum device. try pinching the hose off or opening it up alternately and see if it changes anything. I had a 2.6 Mitsubishi that ran awful cold, fine warm and it was a vacuum needle sticking in the seat, it dumped air into the manifold when it should not. Could also be time to check the coolant sensors. These are just guesses, but they are cheap.
Terry
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May 5, 2008, 6:24 AM
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dear Vanner,
Glad to hear that it was the solenoid, didn't think of that. But if you have had trouble with the lock up solenoid, I would definitely flush out the trans. oil cooler. Flakes of the clutches may have been cast off during the trouble and could cause overheating and failure later. Back flush several times with kerosene until perfectly clear.
Terry
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dave284
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May 5, 2008, 6:43 AM
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The ect (engine coolant temp) switch may have something to do with it....only way to really narrow it down is to have the ecm read, this vehicle has the OB-I computer.
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