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2001 ram 5.9mag rattle/cracking noise and black smoke at high rpm
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Okay. Through the brake booster why not just through the intake. And I guess could the black smoke be from some old plugs cap and rotor or would it be a sensor issue?
you go through the vacuum line on the booster, I do it to every one of my vehicles (when working for GM we had a stuff they put out that was done the same way)
Yep. Spark knock can sound a LOT like marbles in a tin can, that someone is shaking REALLY hard. That is BAD for your engine. Likes to do nasty things like blow holes in them, shatter them, blow ring lands off, etc.
I will buy the plenum on my next pay check I guess. I was looking at the plenum sticky and it had I think it was the pcv that was leaking oil to is that something I should be thinking about fixing as well?