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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 12:28 PM
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I have a 1999 ram 1500 4x4 5.9 auto

Sometimes when i am driving my truck will just shutoff. Sometimes it will start right back up but most the time i have to wait about 20 seconds before it will fire up. It turnsover but either isnt getting spark or fuel. Ive changed everything there is to change ignition wise a little while ago so i know all of its good. I also changed my fuel sending unit to try to fix my fuel guage which didnt fix it for some reason. I am wondering if it could be my ASD relay. I have checked all fuses. I dont know what to do now.

A fix for the gas guage would help too. I changed the whole cluster also which didnt help.

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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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What does

Originally Posted by ironman888
Ive changed everything
consist of?
 
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 12:47 PM
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Gas gauge sounds like a wiring problem.

Swap the ASD and fuel pump relays with the horn, or headlight relays. See if the problem goes away.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 01:10 PM
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It consist of:ignition coil, Sparkplugs, Rotor, diz cap, Crank pos sensor, cam position sensor.

Thats what i was afraid of regarding the fuel guage.

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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 03:00 PM
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Im having the same prob with my 99 durango 5.2 but mine just acts up after it warms up , spits sputters back fires lol no fun ima try the o2 sensors and maybe its in need of a.new pcm
 
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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ironman888
It consist of:ignition coil, Sparkplugs, Rotor, diz cap, Crank pos sensor, cam position sensor.

Thats what i was afraid of regarding the fuel guage.

thanks guys
Erm, what BRAND crank and cam sensor?
 
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Old Feb 4, 2011 | 11:02 AM
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Well i cant remember but they came from advance. They were in a blue box i think. But this only started during the winter. I havent changed out anything in a while. Its just random. it doesnt have to warm up or anything. I never know when its going to do it.
 
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Old Jun 21, 2012 | 07:05 PM
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I was just wondering if this problem is still happening or has it been corrected.
If corrected what did you end up doing?
 
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