Rattling and poor acceleration
#21
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Lee County, North Carolina
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A coffee can is a good place to store home made peanut brittle, and thinking about it, that is what a cat sounds like when the internals have broken loose.
#23
The key trick will not work with the newer 2nd generation rams. I think it only worked before '98? I could be wrong, so don't quote me on that.
Does the rattling happen when you rev the truck in neutral? If it rattles in neutral, it's probably the cat. You won't get spark knock (pinging) in neutral.
Is the rattling coming from the engine compartment? Or is it coming from the cat?
Pull the upstream o2 sensor out and see if that helps. If it does, your cat is clogged.
Does the rattling happen when you rev the truck in neutral? If it rattles in neutral, it's probably the cat. You won't get spark knock (pinging) in neutral.
Is the rattling coming from the engine compartment? Or is it coming from the cat?
Pull the upstream o2 sensor out and see if that helps. If it does, your cat is clogged.
#28
Well I finally pulled the codes and this is what I got:
P0300 - Multiple Misfire
P0305 - Cylinder 4 Misfire
P0305 - Cylinder 5 Misfire
I just had a tuneup done 2 months ago and has run fine since. I was thinking cat, but now this has we wondering if it is a a misfire/bad wire issue. Weird that 2 would go like that. The check engine light just came on yesterday so it must have to do with the issue.
P0300 - Multiple Misfire
P0305 - Cylinder 4 Misfire
P0305 - Cylinder 5 Misfire
I just had a tuneup done 2 months ago and has run fine since. I was thinking cat, but now this has we wondering if it is a a misfire/bad wire issue. Weird that 2 would go like that. The check engine light just came on yesterday so it must have to do with the issue.
#30
Same!
did you figure out what it was??