{"id":35602,"date":"2016-09-28T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T19:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=35602"},"modified":"2016-09-28T14:08:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T19:08:42","slug":"1994-dodge-caravan-3-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/09\/1994-dodge-caravan-3-0","title":{"rendered":"1994 Dodge Caravan 3.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36224\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1994-dodge-caravan.jpg\" alt=\"1994 Dodge Caravan\" width=\"599\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1994-dodge-caravan.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1994-dodge-caravan-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/>My car runs for an hour and then poops out and must sit for another hour (rest) and then will start back up just fine.\u00a0 feels like flooding out?\u00a0 if you hit gas when it&#8217;s pooping out, it will immediately die.\u00a0 It been like this for over a year.\u00a0 very frustrating.\u00a0 plez help.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve ask every male I see, get a lot of laughs about it, but no help.\u00a0 it&#8217;s not funny to me.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>RESPONSE<\/p>\n<p>The most common reason for this would be a failing ignition control module.<\/p>\n<p>When it will not start you can check for loss of spark or fuel. A quick test I like to use is to spray starting fluid in the air filter to see if it tries to start. If it does you know it is not getting fuel. If it doesn&#8217;t then most likely you do not have spark.<\/p>\n<h3>Ignition Control Module<\/h3>\n<p><code><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=freea08-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B000CPJ36A&amp;asins=B000CPJ36A&amp;linkId=767aa558b396cb74f269ea3195499d08&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>TESTING FOR SPARK AT COIL<\/h6>\n<p>Remove the coil secondary cable from the distributor cap. Using a suitable tool, hold end of cable about\u00a0 <sup><span class=\"frac\">1<\/span> <\/sup> <span class=\"frac\">\u2044 <sub>4<\/sub><\/span>\u00a0in. (5mm) from good engine ground. Crank the engine and look for good, constant spark at the coil secondary wire. If the spark is constant, have a helper continue to crank the engine while moving the coil secondary cable away from ground. Look for arcing at the coil tower. If arcing occurs, replace the coil. If no arcing occurs, the <span class=\"search_highlight\">ignition<\/span> system is producing the necessary high secondary voltage. Make certain this voltage is getting to the spark plugs by checking the distributor rotor, cap, spark plug wires and spark plugs. If all check in good condition, the <span class=\"search_highlight\">ignition<\/span> system is not the cause of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My car runs for an hour and then poops out and must sit for another hour (rest) and then will start back up just fine.\u00a0 feels like flooding out?\u00a0 if you hit gas when it&#8217;s pooping out, it will immediately die.\u00a0 It been like this for over a year.\u00a0 very frustrating.\u00a0 plez help.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve ask&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/09\/1994-dodge-caravan-3-0\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1994 Dodge Caravan 3.0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,20],"tags":[403,10648],"class_list":["post-35602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-dodge","tag-caravan","tag-ignition-control-module"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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