Well you were deffinitly correct Chris with you diagnosis. I put a vacuum gauge on there and it was very erratic. Then I sprayed some carb cleaner around the gasket area with the car running, and it just about shut off. I pulled the intake off today to find a gasket that looked like it had been in the Sahara desert. It was all cracked and shifted and pieces missing. Put on a new gasket and the car runs like a million bucks. Thanks for all your help.
Well I thought I found an easy fix, started into the intake removal and found a vacuum line had popped off of the cruise control, but unfortunatly it didnt solve anything. Where would I plug a vacuum gauge into? There are many vacuum lines on this motor.
They only thing is that Ive replaced this motor. It has less then 10k on it. I seriously doubt the intake gasket is the problem. I mean I guess I could replace it, its just a super pain in the ass to get to that gasket. Did you have the same symptoms with the engine rpms surging on start up and declutching? Caus some one else in that old post, posted some Dodge diagnostics stuff which described the symptoms and a list of computer changes that dodge would have to do. I really didnt understand his post.
I stumbled across this forum because my car is driving me bananas. I read your post on cylinder #4 misfire. My car is doing the same identical thing. The rpms scream when I clutch it and when Im just about at a stop it idles down. Its constantly missing at an idle and keeps throwing the same misfire code. My car is a 97 with a 2.0. I read that you just changed the #4 injector and the problem was done? Any help is greatly greatly appreciated.
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