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After a minute or two you can hear the truck start to suck air and it sort of stalls out while parked

Tiny
ELEANOR ALLSOP
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  • 1998 DODGE RAM
  • 5.9L
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 179,000 MILES
When I crank the truck after a minute or two you can hear the truck start to suck air and it sort of stalls out while parked. But when I tap the gas once or twice it very very seldom happens again until I turn it off and it sits for little while. Then I have to repeat when I get ready to drive it. Is it a vacuum lines issue?
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 AT 10:30 PM

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Tiny
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Hello,

Usually a vacuum or intake leak will cause either a high revving idle or a "searching" idle where it will rise and then drop repeatedly. If you are having a stalling idle, I would suggest looking at your vehicle's Idle Air Control valve [IAC]. Here are a couple of links below that will explain both conditions to you in detail and how to fix them:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-use-an-engine-vacuum-gauge
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-an-idle-speed-control-motor-iac

Please go through these guides and get back to us with what you are able to find out.

Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros
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Thursday, November 7th, 2019 AT 12:05 PM

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