I have a 97 Ram 1500. Today I picked my truck up from the body shop and I noticed it was hesitating when I was hitting the gas. I figured it was from not being driven alot in the last month or so, so I pumped the gas a few times only to come up on a red light. At the red light my RPM's dropped and my truck stalled, it started back up fine and ran well until the next time I had to stop, again the RPM's went down and stalled. This happened the whole way home.

If I replace the fuel filter can I do this without dropping the tank? I really dont have anything to check fuel pressure with, so I would like to try the filter, and then if that dont work the fuel pump. Or might it be something else?

Thanks in advance,

Rick

 

1st charge your battery all the way, and if that doesnt fix it, clean your throttle body and the IAC valve that is in the back of the TB. that should fix it...

 

I see your message is kind of old but my 97 5.9 had the same problem. I went through the unfortunate event of changing fuel pump to find out the coil was bad. Turns out this is a common problem on these trucks and it could also happen while just cruising down the road. Hope this helps, new to this forum, but I am only owner for my ram, been through alot with it (111,000 mi)

 

was your coil a stock one? I know the Accels have a problem, especially when it's cold out...