2001 dodge Ram pickup2500 engine quit this am
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Texas
Not sure if the 01 suffers from the same as the 98, but had similar things happening last spring/winter. Start and run fine one day, not the next. Finally wouldn't stay running coming home one day. To keep it running I had to keep gas to it, every time I rolled up to a stop sign it would die. Finally made it home by rolling through many a stop sign. Pulled the battery and put it on the charger over night. Cleaned the ever living crap out of the terminals and the connectors. Neg connector has a nasty habit of crusting over. Haven't had a problem since. so long as I keep the terminals clean..one of these days I'll slather them up.
Ironically, ended up having the same thing happen in the DD, turns out the neg cable was just loose. Now I've got a spare battery in the garage.
Ironically, ended up having the same thing happen in the DD, turns out the neg cable was just loose. Now I've got a spare battery in the garage.
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Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Meeker, CO
That's a failed post seal, so the battery's on its way out. If it's got any warranty left it'd be a good time to get it replaced since it's heading that direction anyway and winter's just around the corner.
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Joined: Jan 2009
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From: MA
so truck ran like junk each of the last couple days and today (its dry out it started up fine. I bought stuff to do a tune up anyway so I start on that. Snap! you know what that was? Snap again! Guess what that was. Both dist cap screw broke off in the distributor.
GOOD TIMES!!
GOOD TIMES!!
