> On Thu, August 10, 2006 8:27 pm, Terrible Tom wrote:
> >
> > The Ram is again having the same problems with
> power loss, misfires, and
> > stumbling. I've changed the cap, rotor, plugs,
> wires, not recently...
> > but back the last time this was happening. That
> had no effect. I also
> > changed the TPS sensor... (thought that might also
> account for the very
> > touchy throttle I have) no dice. It occured to
> me perhaps a crank
> > position sensor. The truck acts like its tming
> gets screwed up...
> > misfiring... never once has the check engine
> light come on when this
> > happens. It sometimes just stopps doing it as
> abruptly as it starts, as
> > it did today while driving. Other times the only
> way I got it to stop
> > was to kill the engine and restart.
> >
> > I really wished today that I had the laptop and
> diagnostics software set
> > up that walt has in his Ram. I would really like
> to see what the
> > sensors report when it barfs like that.
Tom, this maybe kinda dumb to ask, but have you load
tested the battery? Newer Mopar's are well known to
act weird when the battery is about to go. I remember
my Dak acted very much like your Ram is acting now
when my battery went south.
Just my 2 cents worth,
Ray
Some risk is necessary in life. Without risk, the new world wouldn't have been discovered, man wouldn't have landed on the moon and we wouldn't ride motorcycles.
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