04 dodge 1500 5.7 hemi won't start below 22degs
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04 dodge 1500 5.7 hemi won't start below 22degs
Tk won't start below 22deg ambient temp, it try's to start. After about five attempts I walk away for 10 min and tk will start. Hung scanner on it,no codes. Checked all the data everything seems to be within specs. I think it idle air control. I don't know much about etc. any ideas?
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It is -25F here today and mine starts up fine. It sure moans about it at first but gets rip roaring in no time.
Just wondering, perhaps you have a bad tank of fuel from a no-name station or a known blended fuel. For example your problem may be excessive water in the fuel, especially if you are running any ethanol mixed fuel in a humid climate. Ethanol is hydroscopic meaning it attracts and absorbs water. In cooler temperatures your fuel could be getting water loaded and jelling or just plain snotty in the bottom of the tank. That stuff will collect and settle (stratify) into the bottom of the tank, and therefore be the first charge of fuel the engine sees at a cold parked startup. Once you've been driving the tank is agitated so the problem likely goes away or is not noticed until next prolonged park/start.
I suggest to dump in one or two of those little black bottles of "gas line antifreeze", it is methanol which also absorbs but disperses water throughout the tank. Then to top off the tank with some premium ... See if that clears it up after a couple of drives to the grocery store. If it does clear up, then burn the whole tank off and do not refill until the the needle is below the E, almost in the red. Then refill with good fuel from a branded station.
It may also just be a matter of throttle body and IAC cleaning.
Hope that helps! Let us know how you make out.
PS: ...... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Just wondering, perhaps you have a bad tank of fuel from a no-name station or a known blended fuel. For example your problem may be excessive water in the fuel, especially if you are running any ethanol mixed fuel in a humid climate. Ethanol is hydroscopic meaning it attracts and absorbs water. In cooler temperatures your fuel could be getting water loaded and jelling or just plain snotty in the bottom of the tank. That stuff will collect and settle (stratify) into the bottom of the tank, and therefore be the first charge of fuel the engine sees at a cold parked startup. Once you've been driving the tank is agitated so the problem likely goes away or is not noticed until next prolonged park/start.
I suggest to dump in one or two of those little black bottles of "gas line antifreeze", it is methanol which also absorbs but disperses water throughout the tank. Then to top off the tank with some premium ... See if that clears it up after a couple of drives to the grocery store. If it does clear up, then burn the whole tank off and do not refill until the the needle is below the E, almost in the red. Then refill with good fuel from a branded station.
It may also just be a matter of throttle body and IAC cleaning.
Hope that helps! Let us know how you make out.
PS: ...... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Last edited by FaceDeAce; 01-11-2018 at 12:29 AM.