5.9L engine wont accellerate

From : bob fay

Q: ive often seen these rigs and wondered about the wisdom of them. impossible to back up certainly but to be on the dog end when the tails wags the dog would be a bit much to take. budd bob m wrote jason purcell wrote what causes a trailer to fishtail i was towing a trailer with 2 ric of firewood home the other day and i couldnt go above 55 miles per hour the trailer was weaving back and forth so much... i have a dakota quad cab 4.7 4wd 3.55 axle 2001 and a 5x10 flatbed trailer with 13 tires. what did i do wrong j. the worst ive seen was as a police officer a few years ago. a guy was going on vacation driving a brand new dodge ram pulling a popup camper pulling a boat behind it. well the boat trailer started to fishtail and thats all she wrote. highway was shut down for hours while i worked this wreck. his beautiful new boat and camper were ruined as well as his brand new ram. i felt so sorry for the guy. bob .

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From : jmc

one thing that didnt jive to me was dodge claiming a $7000 to $10000 repair bill for pump and injectors jesus how much does the whole motor cost im not sure exactly who you have called and spoken with but if you have not done so yet id definitely give the zone office a call and talk to a factory rep. have this person come out to the dealer in question and all of you are going to have to get your heads together. about all you have to go by is the service bills-sheets. youll have to mention that you never got a wif light come on so how were you supposed to know does the service write up confirm that sounds to me that this dodge dealer likes placing the blame on their customers and are ignoring a legitimate warrantee claim. either way its not them that lose money they get paid for the work one way or another. back when i bought my 90 the cummins engine was a great engine. it was put in a quite shitty inadequate outdated truck though. the newer design truck has many improvements but over time also the cummins 5.9l has also become more sophisicated with lots more pita computer crap on board. my 90 cummins had nothing on it. just a cold start advance and anti-lock brakes. that was the only computerized electronic device under the hood nothing else. i never had a problem with the engine it was always everything else. i wish you luck getting this all resolved with your truck. remember keep a cool head as getting nasty with the reps etc will surely get you nowhere. i understand id be fuming mad myself probably at the lack of concern and runaround by the dealer but if these issues are not handled properly you wont get anywhere with them. it may even be a good idea to contact cummins themselves and speak with some people about this. cummins doesnt like to hear about problems with their engines due to a problem of a dodge manufactured part. mark .

From : tom lawrence

water.i checked my tank too and it tested negative. so i dont know. so was this problem a recall no no recall. steve brought up a good point before about possible damage from pump cavitation. did they find the lines rusted out and used that to conclude that water was in the system or did they just find damaged injectors and a worn pump in other words did they really find 12 gallons of water in the tank or did the damage they observed lead them to conclude it must have been due to excessive water .

From : none

happy new year all you old farts!!!!!!!!!!!! alex wrote details on a site http//www.autotrue.com/ actually the major cause of death by toyota or any other vehicle isnt listed . . .the loose nut behind the controls. dont drink and drive my friends but if you must drink please have a designated driver. i mean after all how can i yell at ya next year if youre pushing up daisies no roy i said pushing up daisies not doing push ups . . . . . .. happy new year yall!!!! budd same to ya budd !!!!!!!!!!! roy .

From : tom lawrence

i had trouble with the catolytic convertor... it fell apart and blocked the flow m. this problem has occurred when the van had been driven for several miles shut off for five minutes and then restarted. the engine would idle but die when i put it in drive. how olds the battery .

From : bob fay

on sat 31 dec 2005 060640 gmt jason purcell jepurcenospam@sbcglobal.net wrote what causes a trailer to fishtail i was towing a trailer with 2 ric of firewood home the other day and i couldnt go above 55 miles per hour the trailer was weaving back and forth so much... i have a dakota quad cab 4.7 4wd 3.55 axle 2001 and a 5x10 flatbed trailer with 13 tires. what did i do wrong j. not enough weight on the hitch - your load was too far back on the trailer. at least thats the most common cause. .

From : tbone

two rics make a cord and depending on wood type and moisture content the wood could weigh 3000 to 4000lb or more and through in trailer weight and you are at two tons or better. you should think before you comment because you are the one that is really clueless here and should not be giving advise. max dodge wrote i do not think that will fix it too much load and too little tow vehicle. try running trailer and rear truck tires at max rated cold pressure. low pressure car type tires lack in side/sway stability control. is it a tandum or single axle trailer if it was a single axle trailer you were clearly overloaded for the trailer and truck. ya know im not really sure where in the hell you get your info. the op never mentioned any details as to how much wood he had on the trailer. as such its hard to figure it was overloaded for sure. but lets assume it was. if it was overloaded it would drag like it was in mud and getting to 55mph would be the issue not towing in a straight line. -- ----------------- www.thesnoman.com .