Dodge Grand Caravan

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What year? Look in owners manual. Look under the hood, drivers side next to fender for late 90's.

Turn the switch to on, then under the steering column cover below the switch is a hole. You push a pin in to release the switch. You'll have to fish around to get the spot where the pin is. Or take the bottom cover off to see it better.

where and what is a leak detection pump pressure solenoid on my 97' dodge caravan? On my 1998 Dodge Stratus, it is tucked in between the underside of the car and the fuel tank.

Trouble code P0700 means:Transmission control system malfunction

It has a timing chain.

If you have a 4-speed transmission, it is under the hood on the passenger side inner fender next to the washer fluid reservoir. If it has the 3-speed transmission, it doesn't have one.

Timing chain

A fuel smell in the cabin/passenger compartment of a Caravan or similar

Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth minivan could be due to leaking o-rings in the

fuel injector system rail; since each Fuel Injector has two o-rings, these

may have a few cracks in them and high pressure fuel can leak out while

the vehicle is running or driving. It would evaporate (maybe not) and a

wet place on the engine may be unlikely to find, so this indication may

be lost on someone popping open the hood in hopes of isolating a leak.

Another fuel coupling between the fuel rail assembly and the chassis

fuel line on some models can leak, there is one with a vacuum line

into it, and there is a controller module to regulate or sense pressure.

After replacing a failed fuel pump in the gas tank, along with its integrated

fuel stainer, and also the in-line fuel filter should be replaced then, the

pressure from the fuel pump through the fuel system may be quite a bit

higher than it had been for several years; this may help new leaks develop

under the hood, with weakening older rubber o-rings, or in some models,

the fuel injector rail (pipe connecting all injectors to main fuel line) may

have cracks and start leaking at certain running speeds where the pressure

may be higher than that of idle speed pressures.

I am not registered, so I won't likely be back here; I have a 1992 AWD Dodge SE

minivan and in colder weather, the o-rings leaked for a time, then later, I got a

fuel pump & filters replaced, and the leak was worse. Got one leak to the fuel rail

fixed to find one or two injector's o-rings are leaking. This can be costly... as the

problem does not cure any other actual wear items. The vehicle has low miles, too.

So time and rust do not let these products off easy. They are disposable too soon.

And depreciate too much. Van retailed for over $18K in 1992. now 112k mi & $1k!

in a small town

kenai mts ak.

13.2 gallon

Honestly if you sit there and fill it all the way up until the gas is amost splashing out i get 15 gallons but yeah it usually stops on its own at 13.-

Check new plugs for recommended gap and adjust if need be. If you have compressed air blow out the spark plug areas. If not be carefull not to knock debris into hole when the plug is out. Starting at one end of engine remove the plug lead or wire and the plug. screw in new plug and replace lead with one the same length from new leads. continue in the same manner until all plugs and leads are replaced. One at a time only and you will not have leads accidently swapped over.

The fuses are in the box under the hood. It is called the Power Distribution Modual. It is right beside the battery and says IPM Fuse and Relay Center Here is a link to the Wiring Diagrams for the 2006 GC http://www.dodge.com/bodybuilder/2006/rs/rsmo.pdf Hope this helps.

You need to recover the R134 charge, remove the whole dashboard, then remove the a/c heater box to get to the heater core.

The heater core should be accessible right next to the gas pedal. No dash removal is necessary.

Which Highwayman? There were hundreds over the years.

If the rear wiper lights are flashing, you need to start engine, put fan on high, airflow to panel vents, full cold. Press and hold the top and bottom buttons on the left side until they all light up. It will then run a diagnostic test that will take a minute or two. If more than one light is flashing at the end, the test failed and you will need to take it in for repairs.

The 2011 Dodge Grand-Caravan has a 6-speed shiftable automatic.

it could potentially be because its old or if you dont get oil changes that is most possible

From va6yag:

Actually, it could be a few things. One cause of black smoke could be that you're "running rich"- in other words, the fuel/air mixture that is being burnt in the cylinders is not correct- there's more fuel than air. This could be caused by incorrect timing, a faulty EGR, damaged valves or your computer not mixing the fuel/air in the correct ratio. Another cause may be faulty spark plug leads, or fouled spark plugs. Your best bet is to get a tune up done on the van, along with an oil change and a radiator flush. That will eliminate the spark plugs, leads, air/fuel mixture and the timing as possible causes of the black smoke.

If that doesn't solve the issue, you could be looking at something far more serious. Get the van looked at by a competant mechanic.

Place vehicle on ramps to gain acess to underside. Set Park brake and chock rear tires to prevent rolling off ramps. Get a large pan (3-4 gallon capacity) and place under tranny. Remove MOST of pan bolts. Leave one on each corner. loosen lowest two corner bolts. Gently pry pan loose and allow fluid to drain. Remove pan and replace filter. Clean pan (PUT MAGNET BACK WHERE IT WAS IN PAN) then re install using appropriate gasket. Do not over tighten bolts as they can strip out. I believe 14-16 ft lbs torque is correct Please note this will not remove old fluid from torque converter. You must go to a shop and have it flushed for this degree of completion.

The transmission is kaput. Time for a rebuild.

Should have an automatic belt tensioner -perhaps it is defective

I don't think there is a belt tensioner. Belt tension is adjusted at the power steering pump bracket and idler pulley assembly.

Dodge doesn't use inertia switches. The fuel pump is controlled via a relay by the computer.
Dodge does not use inertia/reset switches

This seems to ba a fairly common problem for this car. I have this car and I am learning more about the problem. First, if the "Air Bag" light is on, DO NOT drive the car. Any time this light is on, you stand the chance of finding out what happens when you shift the car into low gear at highway speeds. Not fun. The car randomly shifts down into low gear which is abit unnerving. Second, although I have not been able to track down a firm answer to this problem. The most common procedure that I have found is to take the car to an "Auto Zone" where they will hook your car up to a "Diagnostic Computer" which then tells you what may be going on.

Some posts that I have read suggest replacing the main computer ($300+). While others suggest sensors and or "reprogramming" the computer. While still others suggest that simply disconnecting the battery serves some good. The lack of good "I got it" posts on the internet is either a bad sign(no fix) or the contrary(no need to go back to the computer because I fixed it. I am going to try some of these steps myself later so I do not have all the answers yet either... Hope this helps

Large pipe wrech...unscrew and screw new one on!

All fuses are under the hood, next to the battery. The lid has a diagram of locations.

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