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08 ram random misfire at idle only

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Old 07-08-2023, 08:39 PM
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Starting fluid most certainly should not kill the motor. That's just strange.
 
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Old 07-08-2023, 10:17 PM
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That's what I was thinking as well tried it a few times always killed the motor. Was thinking maybe bad spark could cause it to drown the motor?
 
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So I have tried to find a vaccume leak before with starting fluid. I. Not sure if that's a good idea or not I was told it works but had no results. So I sprayed into the throttle boddy while running and it killed the motor. I have done this before on older vehicles and it didn't kill them. Should I try again with propane? Thanks for all the help I will be swapping plugs and coils tomorrow to see if I can test that idea
Why are you spraying into the throttle body looking for vacuum leak? You should be looking at places where air isn't supposed to be entering the engine.

 
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