1998 Ram 3500 cummins no power

From : yvonne thompson

Q: i dont really care if it was an ad or not just expressing my thoughts for a non-advise post. the regulars ...oh does that make you better and more experienced is that anything like a golf or bowling team well excuuseee me while i just pardon myself right out of this post your wasting my time. jmc wrote suddenly without warning jmc exclaimed in the end i dont really care if you think this is an ad; i dont think the regulars really do either. then why do you feel the need to post -- message posted via carkb.com http//www.carkb.com/uwe/forums.aspx/dodge-truck/200510/1 .

Replies:

From : yvonne thompson

can anyone tell me how long the 4.7 motor and 45rfe transmission should last i can the motor oil every 3000 miles and the trans fluid every 30000 miles with atf +4 from chrysler. i have 88000 mile on it and it is running great. put i am wondering if it is getting close to the time to trade it in. thanks for any information on this subject. -- thanks & have a nice day ! ed & sherri .

From : yvonne thompson

the turbo is not spinning but i was told that it would smoke and run hot if the turbo was bad. it has no other problems except no power. is the turbo still spinning can you hear it whining john .

From : john

a 30 year old truck with only 40k on it and in mint condition might do better being sold to a collector. i would go with toms advice ramchargercentral. they might have a member thats a real fanatic. look for the guy with a tattoo of lee iacocca mopar socks and gloves and a concrete ram on the front lawn. john .

From : tom lawrence

get what you pay for -- laszlo almasi carolina watercraft works inc. in the battle between money and love money will always triumph i may have to change my signature......on second thought i was right the first time. the selection of load range e tires is very limited in my size. since i pull an 8000lb trailer e tires are my only choice. i currently have oe bfg rugged trail tires which i find to be too noisey. i never go off road. i rarely see snow here in the southwest so a tame m&s rated tire is fine. my only two other choices are pirelli and michelin. why is there such a huge differenc in price between those two john .

From : wc

exactly my point al. all hes done is found a fancy expensive way to add a smidgen of water vapor with an infinitesimal amount of fuel. since its taking fuel from the same fuel tank it still drops the fuel level at the same rate as before even if the fuel injection o2 sensors leans out the normal fuel flow because of a rich mixture detection. but the water vapor added isnt enough at cruise speeds to make any difference to speak of anyway since it draws from manifold vacuum and the modern computers will probably alter the timing and fuel curves to restore the programmed consumption rates. i installed a matching water vapor injector system to the one on my valiant on the 75 oldsmobile taxi that anemic 260 v-8 in a cutlass i was driving when i got the great results on the slant six and i only gained a best of 10% when i didnt have to drive the crap out of it just to keep up with traffic. but i still got better mpg that any of the other 5 cutlasses. bg -- budd cochran warning!!! poster still believes that intelligence logic common sense courtesy and religious beliefs are still important in our society and might include them in his posts. to big al yes i read the article and if it were anymore vague it could be used as a soap-opera script. more hype about himself that about the carb and not enough about himself to determine if hes even a logical shadetree inventor. budd here is what i was asking about. again i have no idea if any of this is true but it is clearly not old fashion water injection. from the article according to mcburney the process is really quite simple. you vaporize the fuel through any of a number of methods then in the presence of heat generated from the exhaust and added water vapor run the fuel-water mixture across a catalyzing agent and a vast portion of the fuel molecules will break down into methanol and natural gas. the heat and catalyst and water drive the reaction. here is the complete article just in case http//www.freeenergy.com/directory/carburetors/mcburney/pressrelease03 1117.htm in my 60 years of screwing with this stuff i find most of these types of discoveries are pure bs. but someday.... al ps just toured the franklin car museum. we have not come very far .