01 Dodge van trans
From : lp1330
Q: that doesnt mean it doesnt perform to those levels but for warranty purposes this is not an api certified product. to be fair some amsoil products are api certified and they do have the correct labelling but their top-tier products do not. the issue of fake api labelling and non-compliance has caused such a stir at amsoil that they had to put an entire page up on their site dedicated to answering this particular question. you can find it here. basically what it boils down to is money. amsoil dont want to pay the $300000 it can cost for an api certification of a single oil formulation and getting api certification can limit them to single vendors for some of the raw products they use. if those vendors put their prices up or go out of business amsoil need to either pass the increase in price on to the consumer or go through the whole api thing again from scratch. http//www.carbibles.com/engineoilbible.html .
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From : tbone
on jun 6 156 pm tbone tbonenos...@nc.rr.com wrote -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for weve got a great asset here. i know we depend on him for a lot of advice. it says a lot of him to stick around and help us with all the bickering from the reactive personalities on here. blessings john i always knew that tom l. has a great ass! vbfg im beginning to wonder about you -0 you must have learned a lot from barrel roll with the fancy changing of my words! ; yea but i bet you thought that you made a typo when you first read it. bfg -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : geekboy
thanks for the replies. update-- took it to a transmission shop today he has done work on several of our trucks before and we have been very satisfied---dunno why we didnt take this one to him in the first place anyhow he scanned it and said it is the torque converter clutch. i asked him about just disconnecting the lockup which people used to do on gms but he said it is all tied into the computer so you cannot just unhook it. he is talking about $1100 for a rebuild which sounds reasonable. as to why the computer replacement seemed to fix it for about 3 months--no idea. thanks again larry i will still take it back to the dealer where you first got it fixed and ask about getting refund or some compensation. you did ask them to fix it not change out parts. good luck with that one. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : geekboy
thanks for the replies. update-- took it to a transmission shop today he has done work on several of our trucks before and we have been very satisfied---dunno why we didnt take this one to him in the first place anyhow he scanned it and said it is the torque converter clutch. i asked him about just disconnecting the lockup which people used to do on gms but he said it is all tied into the computer so you cannot just unhook it. he is talking about $1100 for a rebuild which sounds reasonable. as to why the computer replacement seemed to fix it for about 3 months--no idea. thanks again larry i will still take it back to the dealer where you first got it fixed and ask about getting refund or some compensation. you did ask them to fix it not change out parts. .
From : tbone
if the computer was somehow preventing the converter from locking it could cause an overheat condition. so how did the older non-lockup transmissions ever survive .
From : tom lawrence
perhaps on topic posts should be reformated to ping tom lawrence subject the rest of us can sit back and learn from the great one. personally when i see a new thread which is on topic i skip over most of the others posts and look for his replies i find it saves time. sorry tom dont mean to give you a big head. got to tell you guys what an ace tom is. offline he had me check fuel at the injectors to ensure i didnt have pump issues as i had low power problems. truck would barely get out of the way 96 w/cummins. as i went thru and cracked each injector i noticed all but one caused the engine to stumble upon cracking it. front cylinder. it also looked like it was nasty junk that came out but hard to tell as i have an oil leak at the valve cover. any way truck is running great again. guess that it had an air lock that wasnt allowing fuel to reach the injector. engine was running on 5 instead of 6 cylinders. weve got a great asset here. i know we depend on him for a lot of advice. it says a lot of him to stick around and help us with all the bickering from the reactive personalities on here. blessings john .
From : roy
midlant wrote weve got a great asset here. i know we depend on him for a lot of advice. it says a lot of him to stick around and help us with all the bickering from the reactive personalities on here. hear hear! craig c. .
From : bigironram
on wed 06 jun 2007 074143 -0400 roy wrote roy zip me an email. remove the obvious before emailing = -- chris 05 ctd 06 liberty crd done! chris i couldnt get it to open. ill send it again. -- chris 05 ctd 06 liberty crd .
From : roy
absolutely! i agree! larry got to tell you guys what an ace tom is. offline he had me check fuel at the injectors to ensure i didnt have pump issues as i had low power problems. truck would barely get out of the way 96 w/cummins. as i went thru and cracked each injector i noticed all but one caused the engine to stumble upon cracking it. front cylinder. it also looked like it was nasty junk that came out but hard to tell as i have an oil leak at the valve cover. any way truck is running great again. guess that it had an air lock that wasnt allowing fuel to reach the injector. engine was running on 5 instead of 6 cylinders. weve got a great asset here. i know we depend on him for a lot of advice. it says a lot of him to stick around and help us with all the bickering from the reactive personalities on here. blessings john -- posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com .
From : bigironramtbone
got to tell you guys what an ace tom is. offline he had me check fuel at the injectors to ensure i didnt have pump issues as i had low power problems. truck would barely get out of the way 96 w/cummins. as i went thru and cracked each injector i noticed all but one caused the engine to stumble upon cracking it. front cylinder. it also looked like it was nasty junk that came out but hard to tell as i have an oil leak at the valve cover. any way truck is running great again. guess that it had an air lock that wasnt allowing fuel to reach the injector. engine was running on 5 instead of 6 cylinders. weve got a great asset here. i know we depend on him for a lot of advice. it says a lot of him to stick around and help us with all the bickering from the reactive personalities on here. blessings john .
From : bigironram
the older non-lockup transmissions also did not have that heat generating od unit either so the trans cooler was able to deal with it and come to think of it the early od transmissions from chrysler were prone to failure and was probably caused by heat. and as the op stated after dc replaced the computer the problem went away for a while so tell me all knowing one how exactly did that happen -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving if the computer was somehow preventing the converter from locking it could cause an overheat condition. so how did the older non-lockup transmissions ever survive .
From : tom lawrence
chrysler/dodge dtc code interpretation p0016 crankshaft/camshaft mis-align/sync p0030 1/1 02 sensor heater relay malfunction p0036 1/2 02 sensor heater relay malfunction p0071 ambient temp sensor performance p0072 ambient temp sensor low p0071 ambient temp sensor high p0088 fuel rail pressure high p0101 maf sensor performance p0102 maf sensor low frequency p0103 maf sensor high frequency p0106 barometric pressure out of range p0107 map sensor voltage too low p0108 map sensor voltage too high p0111 intake air temp sensor performance p0112 intake air temp sensor voltage low p0113 intake air temp sensor voltage high p0116 coolant temp sensor performance p0117 ect sensor voltage too low p0118 ect sensor voltage too high p0121 tps voltage does not agree with map p0122 throttle position sensor voltage low p0123 throttle position sensor voltage high p0125 closed loop temp not reached p0126 insufficient ect for stable operation p0128 cooling system error / thermostat performance p0130 1/1 02 sensor heater relay malfunction p0131 1/1 02 sensor shorted to ground p0132 1/1 o2s shorted to voltage p0133 1/1 o2s slow response p0134 1/1 o2s stays at center p0135 1/1 o2s heater failure p0136 1/2 02 sensor heater relay malfunction p0137 1/2 o2s shorted to ground p0138 1/2 o2s shorted to voltage p0139 1/2 o2s slow response p0140 1/2 o2s stays at center p0141 1/2 02 sensor relay p0143 1/3 o2s shorted to ground p0144 1/3 o2s shorted to voltage p0145 1/3 o2s slow response p0146 1/3 o2s stays at center p0147 1/3 02 sensor heater failure p0148 fuel delivery error p0151 2/1 02 sensor shorted to ground p0152 2/1 02 sensor shorted to voltage p0153 2/1 02 sensor slow response p0154 2/1 02 sensor stays at center p0155 2/1 02 sensor heater failure p0157 2/2 02 sensor shorted to ground p0158 2/2 02 sensor shorted to voltage p0159 2/2 02 sensor slow response p0160 2/2 02 sensor stays at center p0161 2/2 02 sensor heater failure p0165 starter relay control circuit p0168 decreased engine perf due to high ip fuel temperature p0169 water-in-fuel detected for too long p0171 1/1 fuel system lean p0172 1/1 fuel system rich p0174 2/1 fuel system lean p0175 2/1 fuel system rich p0176 loss of flex fuel calibration signal p0177 water in fuel p0178 water in fuel sensor volts too low or p0178 flex fuel sensor volts too low p0179 flex fuel sensor volts too high p0180 cng temp sensor voltage fail p0181 fuel injection pump failure p0182 cng temp sensor voltage too low p0183 cng temp sensor voltage too high p0192 fuel rail pressure sensor low p0193 fuel rail pressure sensor high p0201 injector #1 control circuit p0202 injector #2 control circuit p0203 injector #3 control circuit p0204 injector #4 control circuit p0205 injector #5 control circuit p0206 injector #6 control circuit p0207 injector #7 control circuit p0208 injector #8 control circuit p0209 injector #9 control circuit p0210 injector #10 control circuit p0215 fuel injection pump control circuit p0216 fuel injection pump timing failure p0217 decreased engine perf due to engine overheat condition p0219 ckp sensor overspeed condition p0220 app sensor 2 circuit p0221 app sensor 2 circuit performance p0222 app sensor 2 circuit low voltage or p0222 idle validation signals both low p0223 injection pulse width error rise time long or p0223 idle validation signals both high 5 volts p0225 app sensor 3 circuit p0226 app sensor 3 circuit performance p0227 app sensor 2 circuit low voltage p0228 app sensor 2 circuit high voltage p0230 transfer pump lift pump circuit out of range p0231 fuel pump feedback circuit low voltage p0232 fuel shut-off signal voltage too high p0234 turbo boost limit exceeded p0236 map sensor too high too long p0237 map sensor voltage too low p0238 map sensor voltage too high p0243 open or shorted condition in the wastegate solenoid control p0251 fuel injection pump fuel valve feedback circuit p0252 fuel injection pump fuel valve stuck p0253 fuel injection pump fuel valve open circuit p0254 fuel injection pump fuel valve current too high p0263 cylinder 1 balance system p0266 cylinder 2 balance system p0269 cylinder 3 balance system p0272 cylinder 4 balance system p0275 cylinder 5 balance system p0278 cylinder 6 balance system p0281 cylinder 7 balance system p0284 cylinder 8 balance system p0300 multiple cylinder misfire p0301 cylinder #1 misfire p0302 cylinder #2 misfire p0303 cylinder #3 misfire p0304 cylinder #4 misfire p0305 cylinder #5 misfire p0306 cylinder #6 misfire p0307 cylinder #7 misfire p0308 cylinder #8 misfire p0309 cylinder #9 misfire p0310 cylinder #10 misfire p0320 no crank reference signal at pcm p0325 knock sensor #1 circuit p0327 knock sensor noise channel low voltage p0330 knock sensor #2 circuit p0335 crankshaft position sensor circuit p0336 crankshaft position sensor performance p0337 crankshaft position sensor circuit low p0338 cr
From : lp1330
brian wrote its bout time for a new set of tires on the ram. looked at some general grabber at2. they look pretty good. has anyone else ran general tires on there ram or dakota. if so how good were they thanks also how about dayton timberline ats anygood .
From : Annonymouslp1330
its bout time for a new set of tires on the ram. looked at some general grabber at2. they look pretty good. has anyone else ran general tires on there ram or dakota. if so how good were they thanks .
From : roy
roy wrote tonight your gong show is on. we had ours a couple of nights ago. i didnt get to watch the dems. and ... i didnt watch the repubs either. however i did read the quotes and summaries following this weeks debates. apparently mccain won the debate last night. romney is sliding down thank god and duncan hunter who showed a lot of promise during the first debate bombed and has little to no chance. looking like mccain vs. obama or edwards to me. craig c. i think that it will be rudy vs hillary time for a new thread. .
From : tbone
ok i checked the switch attached to the break pedal. that part is the break like switch. it made no difference to the cruise control problem. i removed it totally and still had the same problem. another idea i have is that the vacuum module is not working properly which is coding it to shut down. i disconnected the battery and reconnected after 2 minutes. no odometer codes but the check engine light did flash 10 times. i also checked all the wires to the transmission as i have read this may also cause the cruise to turn off or not stay on at all. they all seem fine. no visible breaks in the wires and all the connections were snug. i am baffled. again any help would be great! thanks in advance! ************** update - a/c is working now. it was low on coolant. thank goodness! .
From : geekboy
midlant wrote tbasically what it boils down to is money. amsoil dont want to pay the $300000 it can cost for an api certification thats been their excuse for years and its hogwash. there are scores of oil companies out each with new formulas every year and they all pay for api certification. why wont amsoil having api certification would be a selling point. theyd make back their investment just like so many other oil companies out there. amsoil is hiding something. money isnt the issue. .