Weird exhaust noise.....08 Ram 1500. NEED HELP!
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Weird exhaust noise.....08 Ram 1500. NEED HELP!
I just bought a 2008 Ram 1500 last week and the first thing I wanted to do was put an aftermarket exhaust on to make her sound good. The only problem is now I have a weird bubbling/bogging noise coming out. I have tried a CherryBomb Extreme, single chamber, single in dual out and a Flowmaster Series 40, dual chamber, single in dual out and both have produced the same noise. Both the CherryBomb and the Flowmaster had turndowns but I now have the CherryBomb with dual tail pipes right now. All the setups had the same result. The noise comes at any speed around the 1600 rpm range but it is the worst on the interstate doing around 75 mph.
The best way I can describe it is when the truck gets into say 40 mph and gets down to 1600 rpms it just makes a bogged down noise (a whole different tone coming out of the exhaust). If I try to accelerate out of it the noise becomes louder and then eventually kicks out of it. There is no loss of power or anything. The kicker is that when I turn overdrive off the noise never happens.
I have taken it to a Dodge dealer and 2 local shops here and they all say there is nothing wrong with the truck it is the exhaust that is causing the noise. A guy gave me a long explanation that I can't remember every detail to but it basically boiled down to air flow and that a single in single out would cut out the weird noise or possibly a programmer like SuperChips, that could adjust shiftpoints could possibly take it out, or maybe a cool air intake.
My question is, has anyone else had the same problem? If so, any insight?
The best way I can describe it is when the truck gets into say 40 mph and gets down to 1600 rpms it just makes a bogged down noise (a whole different tone coming out of the exhaust). If I try to accelerate out of it the noise becomes louder and then eventually kicks out of it. There is no loss of power or anything. The kicker is that when I turn overdrive off the noise never happens.
I have taken it to a Dodge dealer and 2 local shops here and they all say there is nothing wrong with the truck it is the exhaust that is causing the noise. A guy gave me a long explanation that I can't remember every detail to but it basically boiled down to air flow and that a single in single out would cut out the weird noise or possibly a programmer like SuperChips, that could adjust shiftpoints could possibly take it out, or maybe a cool air intake.
My question is, has anyone else had the same problem? If so, any insight?
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On the 06 and newer engines it is a system that basically shuts off 4 of your cylinders when you are cruising or in a certain rpm range/speed. So basically what you are hearing is it switching from 8 cylinders down to 4. There are programers out that can disable that feature otherwise you need to keep it in Tow/Haul mode all the time
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I just bought a 2008 Ram 1500 last week and the first thing I wanted to do was put an aftermarket exhaust on to make her sound good. The only problem is now I have a weird bubbling/bogging noise coming out. I have tried a CherryBomb Extreme, single chamber, single in dual out and a Flowmaster Series 40, dual chamber, single in dual out and both have produced the same noise. Both the CherryBomb and the Flowmaster had turndowns but I now have the CherryBomb with dual tail pipes right now. All the setups had the same result. The noise comes at any speed around the 1600 rpm range but it is the worst on the interstate doing around 75 mph.
The best way I can describe it is when the truck gets into say 40 mph and gets down to 1600 rpms it just makes a bogged down noise (a whole different tone coming out of the exhaust). If I try to accelerate out of it the noise becomes louder and then eventually kicks out of it. There is no loss of power or anything. The kicker is that when I turn overdrive off the noise never happens.
I have taken it to a Dodge dealer and 2 local shops here and they all say there is nothing wrong with the truck it is the exhaust that is causing the noise. A guy gave me a long explanation that I can't remember every detail to but it basically boiled down to air flow and that a single in single out would cut out the weird noise or possibly a programmer like SuperChips, that could adjust shiftpoints could possibly take it out, or maybe a cool air intake.
My question is, has anyone else had the same problem? If so, any insight?
The best way I can describe it is when the truck gets into say 40 mph and gets down to 1600 rpms it just makes a bogged down noise (a whole different tone coming out of the exhaust). If I try to accelerate out of it the noise becomes louder and then eventually kicks out of it. There is no loss of power or anything. The kicker is that when I turn overdrive off the noise never happens.
I have taken it to a Dodge dealer and 2 local shops here and they all say there is nothing wrong with the truck it is the exhaust that is causing the noise. A guy gave me a long explanation that I can't remember every detail to but it basically boiled down to air flow and that a single in single out would cut out the weird noise or possibly a programmer like SuperChips, that could adjust shiftpoints could possibly take it out, or maybe a cool air intake.
My question is, has anyone else had the same problem? If so, any insight?