O.T.1994Dodge Ram

IA Roy · Feb 28, 2013

Lately it has been dying after I lift my foot off the gas. It has a fuel injected 318 with about 168K on the meter. This morning I had to jumpstart my Case DC and it ran fine until I was done with it and backed it away. It was a little below 20 degrees this morning. I don't drive it daily, so I don't know if different conditions will cause it to act the same. It does this now and then. Otherwise I runs fine.
Thanks, Roy

tedregentin · Feb 28, 2013

Idle air control motor issues are very common on those years trucks. Sometimes you can remove and clean them and sometimes you just need to replace them. Throttle position sensors are common also. Hope this helps.

John B. · Feb 28, 2013

Timing Chains wear quickly on those engines too! They can be replaced at 60k miles if you do a water pump might as well spend another $60 and put a chain with sprockets in it. I've done quite a few of them.

J. Everett · Mar 1, 2013

I have a 94 like you and have experianced the same prob;em from time to time. I have added a container of "Heat" and all is well again...184K and still original timeing chain, ect.
A container of injector cleaner once a mounth could'nt hurt. Hope this helps'

Mathias NY · Mar 1, 2013

I've had similar problems with my '97 Ram 5.2L motor. A bottle of dry gas usually clears the problem up. It also seems to have trouble when the battery gets weak and resets the computer.

Good luck.

ASEguy · Mar 1, 2013

Lift foot stalls followed by immediate restarts are usually throttle body related on that truck. If you don't/haven't had any issues with the battery I would clean the throttle body off the truck with carb cleaner so it looks like new which includes, as Ted posted, the AIS motor. If that doesn't cure it it probably is the AIS motor. Don't forget to buy a throttle body gasket. Typically we would look on a scan tool for the AIS steps at idle. Hope this helps. Gerard

Bryan inIowa · Mar 1, 2013

Survey says "Idle air control "! pretty common

Mathias NY · Mar 1, 2013

I guess I should add, 233k miles on my engine. I bought it with 104k (11 years ago) and have never replaced anything around the throttle body or any other major engine component. These motors are nearly bullet proof. They just don"t seem to care for moisture in the fuel.

MT pockets · Mar 1, 2013

Mr. IA Roy, I have a 92 model dodge 318. This is what cures mine when it does this. 1. Start engine. 2. Set the parking brake. 3. Put it in drive. 4. Let it idle for 5 minutes. This always cures mine until I have a dead battery or I have to unhook a cable for some reason. A service manager at Dodge store told me this trick. The ECU has to relearn idle speeds after loosing power. Please let us know if this works for you. It's FREE. Nothing lost if it doesn't work. I also had a Dakota that required this fix occasionally. It always worked.
Steve Norwood. Texarkana.

IA Roy · Mar 4, 2013

Thanks for the replies. Last weekend was occupied with the 3. 3 1/2 and 6 year old granddaughters and fixing my tractor loader and garden tractor powered snowthrower.
I will post back after I get it fixed
Thanks, Roy

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