Sluggish/loses power going up a hill
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Fuel pump dude
FUEL PUMP for sure!!! I have a 95 5.9 and I thought it was the TPS or tranny. Well about a few hundred later and no resolution and a rough idle, decreased uphill performace and a mindgraine later the dang thing went out on me at the worst time. My prego wife was in the car and freezing rain all around! My pappaw has been a chrysler mechanic since the 40's now retired but we pulled it and yep sure enough sediment and yellow powder clogged the oem fuel pump. I threw a bosche fp back in and threw away the old gas poured in some brand new fuel. I didnt want cross contamination!!! OH and the roll over valve need to come off the old carter pump and put on the new! For some dumb reason this individual part doesnt come along with the assembly and its about 45-50 bucks at the dealership. Personally I dont think id be able to walk away from a roll over incident on the hgwy so we used the spare extra tank nipple and rubber gromment then simply grinded slowly... i repeat slowly!!! then put it on there and put the evap hose on this instead oh the retarded roll over valve... hope that helps
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I have taken it to two shops now that can't recreate the problem. The second shop I took it to today believes it is a problem with the ignition system and I have them replacing the cap, rotor, wires, and spark plugs ($454 including $90 in diagnostic fees...ouch). Part of their reasoning is the system reading 26 kV instead of the 16-18 it should be. Anyone have thoughts on that?
They are also yanking off the air box to visually check the plenum.
They are also yanking off the air box to visually check the plenum.
Last edited by SarcasticDwarf; 12-04-2008 at 02:58 PM.
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I have taken it to two shops now that can't recreate the problem. The second shop I took it to today believes it is a problem with the ignition system and I have them replacing the cap, rotor, wires, and spark plugs ($454 including $90 in diagnostic fees...ouch). Part of their reasoning is the system reading 26 kV instead of the 16-18 it should be. Anyone have thoughts on that?
They are also yanking off the air box to visually check the plenum.
They are also yanking off the air box to visually check the plenum.
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Also, while I could do the work myself the temperature and the lack of any place whatsoever to work on it prevents me from doing anything at the moment.
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No, it won't detect the plenum leak. There is a certain way to test the plenum doing it with a vacuum check. http://dodgeram.info/tsb/2000/09-05-00.htm Of course the cat. is probably bad too,due to the bad plenum gasket.
Last edited by MarionRose; 06-05-2013 at 05:46 PM.
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