My 98 Ram 1500 has suddenly started to have starting issues. Normally when I start it up she fires right up; however the last 2 days it takes a long cranking cycle then she starts. When she starts she fires right up it's just now it's taking longer. I've been told that it could be a bleed off from the fuel pressure regulator, fuel pump might be going bad, spark plugs, etc. I have the 5.9L V-8 fuel injection and it's a 4 wheel drive truck. Thanks!

 

Mine does the same thing.

 

Giver her a tune-up, and see if that helps. Plugs, cap, rotor, etc... Then clean the TB, escpecially the IAC.

 

also the way i am reading this im not sure if i have it right but possibly your battery is starting to die out or you might need to clean your connections....

 

That's a possibility, there's all kinds of sick **** on my batttery terminals I've been meaning to clean off.

 

When I d/c the battery should I disconnect the Negative or positive first. I forget which way I did it last time and I got ****ing nailed reconnecting it.

 

to be safe remove the positive first make sure you dont let your wrench hit a ground..... and one you put it on connect the ground first

 

How did you get the pic of your truck uploaded? Everytime I try it tells me it's too large and one of them I took with my camera phone.

 

I had it uploaded on imageshack.com and put the linking code in my signature. [IMG]*put the link in here* [/IMG]

 

Thanks, I feel like a dumbass when I have to ask questions like that but it's somewhat less painful than electrocution