# My 98 Dodge Dakota Must Be Possessed

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-98-dodge-dakota-must-be-possessed/39585>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** dakota, dodge\
**Created:** [November 16, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-98-dodge-dakota-must-be-possessed/39585 "2009-11-16T17:58:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![widowhlper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@widowhlper](https://community.cartalk.com/u/widowhlper)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-98-dodge-dakota-must-be-possessed/39585/1 "2009-11-16T17:58:13Z")

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My truck is a 1998 dodge dakota, 2 wheel drive, automatic trans., 3.9 liter 6cy engine.  
  
  
  
 Problem started out; engine would die @ stop lights, but would start right up with key.  
  
  
  
 Recently it has started stalling while driving, but restarts after a few seconds on it’s own.  
  
  
  
 A couple of times it has not started for 5-10 minutes. It has been driven from home to work then left to sit for 1-2 hours.  
  
  
  
 I have cleaned the Idle Air control. The two outer pins & two inner pins measure the same.  
  
  
  
 I sprayed Starting fluid into the carburator but it still would not start.  
  
  
  
 I conected a plug wire to an external spark plug & grounded it. I had no spark for many revolutins untill it started again.

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**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-98-dodge-dakota-must-be-possessed/39585/2 "2009-11-16T18:58:06Z")

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I’m just an old shade-tree mechanic but I would suspect the coil.