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2001 Dodge Ram 01 Ram will not idle

Tiny
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Engine Performance problem
2001 Dodge Ram V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic 102k miles

Ran fine yesterday, however when I went to start it this morning, it just started clicking when I turned the ignition key on, cleaned the battery posts and reseated them, started up fine. Backing out of the drive it died on me when I took my foot off the gas pedal, restarted, pulled back to where I left from and held the gas pedal down to keep it from shutting off, put it in Park, revved it a couple of times then slowly took foot off gas pedal and it died again, will not start if I dont press the gas pedal. Hope you can help me with this one! First problem ever! Thanks.
Norman
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009 AT 4:14 PM

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Tiny
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Has the check engine light come on? Also, have you checked foir vacuum leaks?
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009 AT 1:52 PM
Tiny
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I have a 98 and that same thing happened to me. But after I held gas down for a min it started idling just fine and haven't had prob since. So I would also like to know what this fix is 2. Just in case I need to fix it in future.I"m not sure but I heard someone say something about a Ics (idol control sensor) or something close to that. And that would be my first guess if there are no vacuum leaks
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Sunday, April 19th, 2009 AT 4:06 PM
Tiny
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The Idle air control (IAC) or throttle position sensor (TPS) can cause it. That is the reason I asked if the check engine light came on. Normally, the bad item sill set a code in the computer. Once the computer is scanned, it will identify which is the problem.
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Monday, April 20th, 2009 AT 5:07 PM

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