5.2 dipstick

From : 9dodgefan

Q: i have not checked the trigger wire for voltage at the starter end but i do feel the starter relay click as well as the solenoid when i hit the key so im assuming its getting battery voltage. okay - then most likely youve got a bad cable from the battery to the starter. you already addressed the negative battery cable so im assuming the engine is sufficiently grounded. when the solenoid engages it closes a pair of heavy contacts that supplies battery voltage to the starter motor. the only reasons the starter motor wouldnt be spinning are bad ground or bad +12v feed. its too bad the manual tranny bailed on my 85 dodge van... that thing was so much nicer to deal with slant six with 75 carb and ignition.. one of these days im going to pull that one apart fix it and ditch this new piece of crap! theres nothing wrong with this new piece of crap that wouldnt also go wrong on your 85. this has nothing to do with electronics. this is a basic electrical problem that can happen on any vehicle that doesnt use a hand crank to start the engine. .

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From : sqdancerlynn

suddenly without warning jmc exclaimed 8/1/2007 747 pm suddenly without warning mike simmons exclaimed 8/1/2007 1000 am suddenly without warning mike simmons exclaimed 7/31/2007 750 pm just wondering if its possible that it was actually the muffler that was causing the codes and if someone could explain why. twig said he thought it was unlikely that the system could sense that far down the system to throw this code because of a muffler problem. the exhaust system will not cause that code. the check engine light will i fear return. your truck is equipped with an obd ii diagnostic system that performs periodic self tests. after three good self tests the check engine light will turn itself off. thus if the problem was no longer there the light would have self extinguished by now. sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. mike waaaaah! now look youve gone and made me cry! i was hoping though but i know that ive had the code for a lot longer than the seriously rusty muffler. how often does it run these self-tests so youre saying i shouldnt reboot my truck after its fixed i should wait and see if the code goes away on its own jmc either way. if the tech clears the code after the repair and the light doesnt come back on voila! if the repair is made and the light goes off after several days of driving voila again! the self=test isnt performed at each start up. an obdii drive cyle must be completed before the self-test runs... usually a couple or three days of normal driving will do the trick. mike thanks. the light hasnt come back yet ive driven about 40 miles today its been started three times. ill keep an eye on it. worse though i think my engine started knocking! noise is in the right side of the engine block as i face the truck a tickticktick noise at about two ticks per second. i noticed it as i arrived home today. can only hear it at idle. shut the truck off went back out just now about an hour or so after turning the truck off. turned it on no tick. as soon as i revved the engine a little though the tick started again. i suspect it starts when the truck gets warm. its not really loud but can be heard inside the cab when the windows rolled down. knock is serious isnt it i just had the sparks replaced not two months ago. i dont understand why it started up right after an unrelated repair dammit!. how hard is this going to be to fix and is it going to cost a lot is it ok to drive it for short distances until repaired help appreciated! jmc forgot to mention. no check engine light. didnt check for codes cause the light would come on first right jmc . 222 337792 5hb4tsf3jr3a7u1@mid.individual.net suddenly without warning mike simmons exclaimed 8/1/2007 1000 am suddenly without warning mike simmons exclaimed 7/31/2007 750 pm just wondering if its possible that it was actually the muffler that was causing the codes and if someone could explain why. twig said he thought it was unlikely that the system could sense that far down the system to throw this code because of a muffler problem. the exhaust system will not cause that code. the check engine light will i fear return. your truck is equipped with an obd ii diagnostic system that performs periodic self tests. after three good self tests the check engine light will turn itself off. thus if the problem was no longer there the light would have self extinguished by now. sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. mike waaaaah! now look youve gone and made me cry! i was hoping though but i know that ive had the code for a lot longer than the seriously rusty muffler. how often does it run these self-tests so youre saying i shouldnt reboot my truck after its fixed i should wait and see if the code goes away on its own jmc either way. if the tech clears the code after the repair and the light doesnt come back on voila! if the repair is made and the light goes off after several days of driving voila again! the self=test isnt performed at each start up. an obdii drive cyle must be completed before the self-test runs... usually a couple or three days of normal driving will do the trick. mike thanks. the light hasnt come back yet ive driven about 40 miles today its been started three times. ill keep an eye on it. worse though i think my engine started knocking! noise is in the right side of the engine block as i face the truck a tickticktick noise at about two ticks per second. i noticed it as i arrived home today. can only hear it at idle. shut the truck off went back out just now about an hour or so after turning the truck off. turned it on no tick. as soon as i revved the engine a little though the tick started again. i suspect it starts when the truck gets warm. its not really loud but can be heard inside the cab when the windows rolled down. knock is serious i