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1998 dodge dakota overheated was ran hot lost all power an shutdown
When an engine gets hot, you must shut it off before it gets so hot that it begins to lose power. Sometimes this simply can't be done safely. Once the engine gets so hot that it shuts down, permanent damage may have be done. Bearing can gall, piston rings can break, piston crowns melt, but usually the oil breaks down and the main damage is to bearings and perhaps the crankshaft. Diagnostics would include changing the oil, attaching a good mechanical oil pressure gauge then spin the engine with the spark plugs removed to see how bad the damage is. If oil pressure is adequate, run a compression test. This should give you enough information to decide if the engine can be saved without a major overhaul. Low compression can mean blown head gaskets, warpped heads, broken piston rings, warpped valves, etc.
Backfire loss of power
have you tried removing the idle speed motor and cleaning it with throttle body cleaner, as well as port it is removed from?
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on Dec 24, 2014
Too much gas
Do you know which cylinder is affected ? any of the injectors shorted to ground ?
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