Ray Irons wrote:
>>On Thu, August 10, 2006 8:27 pm, Terrible Tom wrote:
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>>>The Ram is again having the same problems with
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>>power loss, misfires, and
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>>>stumbling. I've changed the cap, rotor, plugs,
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>>wires, not recently...
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>>>but back the last time this was happening. That
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>>had no effect. I also
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>>>changed the TPS sensor... (thought that might also
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>>account for the very
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>>>touchy throttle I have) no dice. It occured to
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>>me perhaps a crank
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>>>position sensor. The truck acts like its tming
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>>gets screwed up...
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>>>misfiring... never once has the check engine
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>>light come on when this
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>>>happens. It sometimes just stopps doing it as
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>>abruptly as it starts, as
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>>>it did today while driving. Other times the only
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>>way I got it to stop
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>>>was to kill the engine and restart.
>>>
>>>I really wished today that I had the laptop and
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>>diagnostics software set
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>>>up that walt has in his Ram. I would really like
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>>to see what the
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>>>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.
>
Hi Ray! I load tested the battery mmmm - don't remember when - might
have been about a year ago. I suppose its time to do it again... but
I'm leaning to a sensor. I'm also thinking the truck could benefit from
an intake cleaning... because it needs it now that I think about it -
more than an attempt to fix this misfire problem.
I can't seem to find a pattern. I've been shifting with the lever a lot
lately. Keep the truck in 1st off a light, hammer it up to 4200 rpm or
so, upshift into 2nd, up to 4000+ RPM, shift into Drive, up higher RPM
again, then in OD... uhh... on the highway... right... i'd never do
that on surface streets.... :-X
Never once stumbles during any of that. Does it more at lower RPM's in
town however. It was doing it before I ever hooked up the Power
Programmer. Someone once said that might have something to do with it.
Could be - but I dunno. arugh..
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