98 Ram still not starting
From : peter kemp
Q: on 2006-01-27 160803 -0600 christopher thompson kf4drr@alltel.net said if your sure its coolant. you could have a intake gasket problem coolant passes through the intake. only way i can think of that would wet all eight cyls with coolant. just before xmas we replaced the radiator water pump thermostat and fan clutch. theres a short bypass hose that goes from the top of the water pump to if i remember the intake manifold. where does that coolant go witin the intake. is it possible theres an area inside the manifold that could have corroded and is leaking fluid would this mean replacing the intake or just putting in new gaskets .
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From : roy
not to mention a certain super 8 motel parking lot . . . . . btw did the rest of the family recover ok from that i never asked and hope they did. budd hhhmmmm. maybe that female teenager stuff that i thought was normal may have been the lasting effects from............... now i can blame you for all this grey hair and empty bank accounts!!!!! vbg denny i think the fact the poor girls did garner more than a bit of their looks from you might be pretty solid evidence wrong wrong wrong!! i met one of dennys daughters she is a very pretty girl. actually looked quite a bit like her mother. there is absolutley no way she resembled here father. how could you possibly say that bfg roy and you was talking about circling jackals................. sheeeeesh hey!! stop complaining im within the rules and ya know it. bfg roy denny .
From : roy
heard some talk over the past few days about ford coming out with a new diesel. anybody here have any info roy .
From : peter kemp
look here www.eagleequip.com a nice set up if you have the room. couldnt agree more .
From : tom lawrence
on 2006-01-28 085531 -0600 roy roy@home.net said on 2006-01-27 221331 -0600 christopher thompson kf4drr@alltel.net said rach im with you on that he didnt mention milky oil so im thinking that possibly a failed gasket into a intake runner. i would think a cracked manifold at a water jacket would leak water into the lifter valley resulting in a overfilled milkshake of a crankcase....but then again stranger things have happened. the mechanic that i took it to did mention that he ran a test by using something that caused the coolant to turn blue. he said there was coolant in the oil and immediately suspected the head gasket. water in the oil how long has this been going on how much water in the oil antifreeze and bearings do not play well together at all. roy well i jsut went and checked and the oil on the dipstick is nice and clean and smooth with no signs of any foreign liquid. heres a little history on this thing. maybe something here might lend a clue to whats going on. this is my sons truck. about 3-4 months ago he was having a real overheating problem and was losing his coolant from below the water pump. about a year earlier he and his soner buddies replaced the water pump. this time he and i did it by the book so i could make sure that it was done properly. we got the new pump installed and everything went fine for a couple of months and then it began overheating again. when i opened the hood i noticed a white powdery substance all over the front of the engine block especially behind the pump pulley. it also looked like the radiator had developed a leak too. i sure a lot of this damage resulted from my son driving the thing while it was hot and then coming home and filling the radiator with water. anyway the day before xmas we replaced the radiator water pump bypass hose thermostat and fan clutch. after the installation everything worked beautifully. the truck held the temperature even with the ac on which before would send the temp gauge rising. i had suspected the fan clutch early on based on some messages on this board. a call to the dodge house resulted in a quote of $340 for a fan clutch -- money that i didnt have so i never replaced it. later a friend told me that shouldnt cost that much and i found the clutch at pep boys for about $70. now that i look back im thinking that the bad fan clutch probably caused all the prior problems. the truck worked great for until after new years when my son went to start the thing and it would turn over but not fire. after the battery died i hooked the jumpers and turned it until it started. it ran for a day or two and then did the same thing. this time it wouldnt start at all so i aaad it to my local mechanic. he kept it for a couple of days and said that it started up for them and kept starting. he said the plugs were covered in coolant and that the head gaskets were bad. i went and picked it up. it started like it should and i drove it home. my son drove it for a few days with out problems and then it reverted to its problems again. so it seems that the coolant is somehow entering the intake and getting into the cylinders. im not sure what the mechanic was saying about the coolant in the oil but it appears that the oil is not contaminated. also after we installed all the cooling equipment i immediately took the truck to valvoline and had the oil changed. i would have thought they would have spotted any liquid in the oil if there was any so it appears that the problem developed after our weekend mechanic work. i wonder if there was something we did wrong. a water pump is pretty much a no-brainer so i dont know how we could have messed that up. one interesting note when i pulled the water pump that my son had installed there was a hole rusted out between the two chambers of the water pump. i suspect his use of water instead of coolant may have eaten away at the metal. could it be possible that this has occurred somewhere within the manifold btw no the truck has not been to the sun but it has been to my son who seems to be in constant motion. in roman numerals m stands for one thousand and in the print/advertising business 185m would be 185000 miles. thanks for the kind help and suggestions from all concerned. this group is a great help. i would think that both a compression test and a coolant pressure test will answer you question as to where the water is coming from. id do the compression first. roy .
From : rachel easson
possible fuel leaks from the filler necks of their gas tanks http//www.consumeraffairs.com/recalls04/2005/dodgedurango.html .
From : rachel easson
i think so but take it to a tansmision shop - and get the manual so you dont abuse it rach im about to purchase one with around 60k miles on it.... are there any problems/recalls/defects i should know about ive read the msn reviews and there seems to be tons of people whove had transmission problems..... the asking price is $3900 is this a good price .
From : tom lawrence
the compression ratio is 16.51 or so. i suspect you are looking for cylinder pressure which should be well beyond testing with any reliability by common compression checking equipment....... over 2000psi. most diesels are measured in bars and need rather complex and expensive equipment to measure cylinder pressure. if that doesnt answer your question post more details. -- max there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author whats the acceptable compression range for a 97 2500 with 12 valve cummins .
From : peter kemp
not to mention a certain super 8 motel parking lot . . . . . btw did the rest of the family recover ok from that i never asked and hope they did. budd hhhmmmm. maybe that female teenager stuff that i thought was normal may have been the lasting effects from............... now i can blame you for all this grey hair and empty bank accounts!!!!! vbg denny i think the fact the poor girls did garner more than a bit of their looks from you might be pretty solid evidence wrong wrong wrong!! i met one of dennys daughters she is a very pretty girl. actually looked quite a bit like her mother. there is absolutley no way she resembled here father. how could you possibly say that bfg roy .
From : christopher thompson
bonus for me on the 2500 srw was it doesnt take as wide of a garadge door to fit through made finding a house with a garage to fit both trucks into easier assuming you have the tow mirrors you need at least a 9 door to clear them unless you want to fold them in everytime. if the mirrors clear the rear fenders clear. ive marked up my door jambs with my mirrors on occasion but never with the fenders those i reserve for tangling with concrete light poles .
From : christopher thompson
stupid question time. is the new mega cab available for the lb drw no. that would require a new frame which dc didnt want to do. the mc is built on the same 160 wheelbase frame as the qc lb so to gain the 20 of additional cab space they took it from the bed. still allow enough room for a 5th wheel im assuming you either cant or wouldnt want to do a 5th wheel with a sb with or without the mega cab it depends on the particular 5ver but clearance does become an issue with tight turns. there are special 5th wheel hitches available that slide the 5th wheel back when backing the truck to give you greater turning capability but they tend to be expensive. i was a bit surprised to see only $2k difference in the base price between the 2500 srw and 3500 duelly. makes me wonder why anyone pulling a 5th wheel would ever consider anything but the duelly but you see it all the time. a lot of people dont like the extra width of the dually. personally having pulled with both i never want to tow with a srw truck again. heck all the damn weight&balance gyrations you have to go through pulling a big 5ver with a 2500 is enough to give me a headache. 8800lb. gvwr and a curb weight of somewhere around 8799lbs. fully-loaded - not much capacity left for pin weight .
From : rachel easson
on fri 27 jan 2006 110031 -0500 rachel easson rske@sympatico.ca wrote check out this british video http//www.exn.ca/video/video=exn20040414-towbike.asx budd yabbut does it have heated leather seats mike now mike youre not talking to that eastern wabbit you should say that correctly . . .try again . . .yea budd !!!!! yea budd!!! does a goldwing come with heated seats i ride american brands now and real riders dont need them. just ask beekeeper. budd eastern wabbit just stuff a couple of warm rabbits up your pants falling apart at the gut rach i thought that game was played with ferrits beekeep .
From : rachel easson
huh not getting into a political argument. just teasing because of the high concentration of leftists on the left coast thats all. let it go please. im sorry i said it budd because theyre not lefties or leftists . . . .vbg you guys elected the fool. roy limping away lmfao .
From : peter kemp
check out this british video http//www.exn.ca/video/video=exn20040414-towbike.asx budd yabbut does it have heated leather seats mike now mike youre not talking to that eastern wabbit you should say that correctly . . .try again . . .yea budd !!!!! yea budd!!! does a goldwing come with heated seats i ride american brands now and real riders dont need them. just ask beekeeper. budd eastern wabbit just stuff a couple of warm rabbits up your pants falling apart at the gut rach yep hes an eastern wabbit short ears short tail fat belly short . . . . .nose as compared to these jackwabbits out here in the west with the long ears and all that. had a kitten run up a pant leg back when i was ten . . . .thought id die of massive cat scratch fever. ya see back then in indiana it was hot and muggy in the summer time so we didnt usually wear any bvds . . . . . . budd here kitty kitty....... here kitty kitty...... rotflmao.... budd that isnt the way you play with four legged kittens... lol even at ten. fmb .
From : christopher thompson
tbone writes are you sure that there is no sensor behind the converter. it could be on top of the pipe and sometimes it is actually on the very tail of the converter itself again on the top. i checked again. there is no sensor on or behind the cat. the original exhaust extends 3 feet past the cat before the duals split. i even checked for any type of wiring that may have been there before no wiring. if i get time next week i may end up taking it in. i hate to do this....lol thanks again hank hates lawyers more than dealerships .