Engine randomly cuts out, lights stay on
#21
They don't look all that bad.. just odd. If it wasn't getting fuel, my thought might be the injectors because they're OEM and I have not cleaned them or run any cleaner through them. Maybe gunked up.
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That pic really shows a lot, as in that is probably the wrong spark plug. I can't believe that any 2nd generation Ram uses that type of spark plug. I would suggest these:https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/ASP5...ut=spark+plugs
Last edited by Torxhead; 12-05-2019 at 07:08 PM.
#24
From looking at the pic, the center electrode looks REALLY tiny. Those aren't some variety of rare-earth plug are they? (platinum, iridium, et. al.)
Compression may be something else you want to check on number 8.... Usually, consistent #8 misfires is indicative of a cat on its way out.
Compression may be something else you want to check on number 8.... Usually, consistent #8 misfires is indicative of a cat on its way out.
These are Platinum I believe. Do our trucks not like the new plugs?
Thanks Torx, I think its because they're Platinum.
I know copper does not last as long, but if it works better for our trucks then I will stick with those.
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So payday finally came and I ran right over to pick up some NGK V-power copper plugs. Pulled the battery and replaced all the plug wires as well. Reset the PCM. The PCV valve on the valve body was rattling so I replaced that as well.
Truck ran really good for a day, not all of the power came back but enough to say feel a major improvement.
Day two the truck started getting a little more sluggish. No codes and no misfires that I could hear or feel.
Day three, while driving CEL came on and the truck starting bucking and stuttering, never shut off. Pulled into a parking lot and went to grab my reader, I turned the truck off like a moron. Somehow there were no codes and the truck fired right back up with no issues or bucking and no CEL.
Day 4 (I swear I can't make this up) between 20 and 60MPH it sounds like small popcorn kernels popping rapidly. Kind of like a rapid crackle. While driving I decided to hook up the OBD reader and lo and behold a pending code appeared "P0133 - 02 Sensor bank 1 sensor 1 slow response"
I am going to check the wires when I get home to make sure nothing is damaged, which I highly doubt. Probably just a bad sensor I would guess right?
#28
So yours also crackled and such? Might be two entirely different issues I am having. I did get a pending code for an o2 sensor I have not seen before. HeyYou said it might also be a clogged cat and honestly it’s the factory one so I still have yet to research how to test for a bad cat.
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