Hey guys, first time poster here so hoping for a good experience... Yesterday, here in the great state of Texas we had a heavy downpour and I hit a few big puddles at low speed. The truck immediately started running funny... sluggish, fine at idle, but you had to really step on it to get it to go...

I figured something got wet, and drove home and parked it. No engine light at this time. By the way, truck is a 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 5.2, Laramie.

This morning, truck started fine, idled fine, but when I went to get going same sluggish response.. little bit of vibration. This time a check engine light came on so I plugged in my tester (cheap one from Autozone) and it returned a P0302 diagnostic code... Cylinder two misfire.

I would classify myself as a parts exchanger.. if I know what is wrong I can fix it, but I fall far short of a mechanic with being able to diagnose anything.. and also lack some of the tools like the more expensive scanners, stethoscope, timing light etc..

That said, I planned to start with the distributor cap, plugs and wired. Just change it all out, probably needs it anyway... I am going to view the wires to the fuel rail for any obvious issues, but beyond that I am lost.

I love this truck.... honestly, I could buy new, but I choose to keep this truck. Help me keep it running.. thank you.

 

it just sounds like a problem with the tune-up stuff like you already are considering. You should go ahead and replace the coil while you are at it. With the code you got, there's not much left to be the problem.

 

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I agree with this assessment. Do the tune up, see if the problem goes away.

 

I had a P0302 and it turned out to be a cracked head. Before throwing $ in parts at the problem, do a compression check. It's easy to do and very good information to know.