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dakota_88 -> Code 16, please help! (5/11/2008 2:46:09 PM)
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Hello, I am new to this forum and also am a somewhat new dakota owner. I appreciate any help I can get. I own a 1988 dakota with a 3.9L and a 5spd.
The Problem: I was driving the other day and the truck's engine just flat out died. I tow roped it home and ran the codes and came up with code 11 and 16. I replaced distributor pick up (code 11) and the code went away but I am still getting code 16 or loss of battery voltage. I put a voltmeter on the coil and found out that it is not seeing any voltage with the key on or cranking. I have a spare computer and swapped it in just to take a wild stab at it and the same code 16 appeared.
Also, I traced the (+) coil wire back to a solenoid on the driver side fenderwell. The solenoid had four wires going to it: 2 blue, red, and a green. After probing I found out that 2 blue wire had 12 volts going to them while the coil wire (green) and a red wire were reading nothing. Being a smart-a&# I jumped 12 volts from one of the blue wires to the coil wire in the relay and toasted a computer. Luckily I have a spare, but otherwise does anyone know what the four wires going to this relay do? Other than a bad relay, what could cause this problem?
Thanks for any advice, I am on a mission to either get this truck running or die trying.
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