1997 dodge van question

[FourXFred]

alright, my boss has a 1997 dodge 2500 with the 3.9 litre six cylinder. when the motor is cold, it will not start. period. it will crank and crank like hell, and you can smell it flooding itself. i emptied half a can of starting fluid into it today just to get it to run, and for the first 20 minutes it would not idle. it has 80,000 miles on it, and untill this afternoon (when i changed them), it had never had the air filter, plugs, wires, distributor cap, rotor, or pcv valve changed. so this afternoon i changed them all, and started it up, it started nice, but then stalled. to get it to start again, i had to floor it, and keep my foot on the gas a little bit, letting off slowly untill it would finally idle. it now has a lot more power than it used to, but apears to have the same stalling problem. i changed the exhaust about 6 months ago, and did the oxegyn sensors then. the CEL is not on. any ideas?

 

[IAmTodd]

Uh.....its a Dodge!

 

[99 xplorer-XLT]

Originally posted by IAmTodd
Uh.....its a Dodge!

i think thats the exact diagnosis of the problem

 

[FourXFred]

great. thanks. thats real helpful. ill try to fix that tomorrow with an oak tree. any ideas that will help me keep it running so i can hit the tree though?

 

[IAmTodd]

An oak tree sounds real good. Just playing around though, sorry i'm of no help

 

[donkey boy]

If airfilter etc. never had been changed, you can imagine how clogged up all sensors and injectors have to be by now. Have the injector system flushed and sensors checked.

PS oaktrees are not suitable for that task.

 

[JoKKer]

Also check and change the fuel filter.

 

[FourXFred]

i was thinking fuel filter, but its not changeable on the dodges. it is built into the fuel sending unit, and i would have to drop the tank, and pull the fuel pump, and blah blah blah. it would basically be way more work than i am wiling to do. im still considering the oak tree method.