1997 Dodge Ram 1500 idles high when cold, dies when warm?

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Any clues on this? You can keep it running if you give it gas when you idle the truck warm, but if not it will die (i.e., at stoplights).
 
It sounds to me like you have a fuel to combustion air intake problem caused by faulty coordination between your fuel injector system and your 'fresh air' intake to the cylinders of your Dodge Ram engine -- say *I*, who knows *nothing* about fuel-injected engines.

If we were dealing with an old carburetor fuel/air feed to the engine, I *think* I could diagnose your problem very quickly. I would say that when your engine was cold, the automatic choke device on your carburetor was working properly to set your engine to start up with an air-starved fuel mixture and a 'high-idle' throttle setting. And then, when the engine warmed up to proper running temp., the 'high-idleing' device would 'drop off ' to normal engine idle rpms. If, at that point, the engine did NOT drop down to normal idle rpms, but *DIED*! -- I would say that the 'warmed-up' engine carburetor and throttle settings would have to be adjusted to *keep* the engine running at the proper idling rpms.

Now, if you can just find someone to translate *this* info. concerning carburetor fuel-controlled engines to apply in some way similar to the control operation utilized in fuel injection engines -- uh, well -- good luck!
 
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