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Old 12-08-2011, 09:51 PM
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2001 ram 1500 5.2L ive been trying to fix my truck the past few weeks with no luck! it died on the side of the road......fuel is fine and has pressure at the injectors....has injector flash....no spark....changed crank senson.....found bare wires on the cam senson changed it..... changed coil still nothing...today i changed the pcm and it fired right up....but after it idles for abit it stalled....did this like 3-4 times..... now it wont start at all again
 
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Old 12-09-2011, 09:01 AM
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Are you getting spark, and injector pulse still?
 
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Old 12-09-2011, 06:49 PM
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And how do you know the fuel pressure is "fine" ? Did you check with a gauge? Did you replace the cap and rotor? And did you compare the new crank sensor to the old one and what brand did you use?
 
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My Son has a 1996 Ram 1500 5.2 4 x 4. In excellent shape, the problem we are having is when it's cold outside and he goes to start it up, it "CLICKS" a couple of times and then turns over slightly slow then fast and fires right up. After it warms up he can shut it off and then start it right back up.
This truck has 175k and runs beautiful. I replaced the starter relay up top.
Is there a starter solenoid I can replace or should I replace the whole starter.
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Old 12-13-2011, 01:16 AM
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Sounds more to me like weak battery or corroded ground terminals. A weak battery or bad ground will do the exact same thing. If the relay or solenoid were bad it wouldn't start no matter what you do. After running it starts up just fine. This leads me to the battery issue.
 



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