Ram van engine clciking under acceleration

From : clark

Q: i have a 2003 dodge ram van 1500 and it has recently developed a clicking noise to the right of the engine when the engine is under acceleration. not apparent when the engine is idling or not under a load. any ideas what it might be clark .

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From : clare at snyder on ca

on tue 11 jul 2006 152310 +0200 idh63 idh63.2asi9l@no-mx.carstalk.net wrote hi clarke it may be an exaust leak but im inclined to think that your 2003 b1500 hasnt had the dodge tsb fixes. i have a 1999 5.9l b1500 i bought last august. i only drive it occasionally but i have a clicking under accelertion which is actually pinging in the engine. i found that by filling the gas tank with premium from a reliable station the pinging stopped. there are several things that are known by dodge techs to cause this. 1. the original factory layout of the spark wires. 2. cheap paper plenum chamber gasket that starts to leak and suck air and oil from your engine. there is an upgrade kit which has an aluminum gasket instead you didnt mention what size engine you have. if you have either of the v8s you should check out items 1 & 2 above. if you are having to top up your engine oil regularly odds are you have a failing plenum chamber gasket. why would this cause pinging because the leaky gasket lowers the vacuume in the inlet manifold which causes timing problems. not only that but oil reduces the octane rating of the fuel mixture markedly as well. especially when you put your foot down. an easy diagnosis is to connect a vacuume gauge and compare the readings to the tsb technical service bulletin. my van has 155k on it and i am amazed that this never got fixed by the previous owner. i hope this helps you out. -- posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com .

From : clare at snyder on ca

on mon 26 jun 2006 185129 -0500 clark awhiner@yahoo.com wrote i have a 2003 dodge ram van 1500 and it has recently developed a clicking noise to the right of the engine when the engine is under acceleration. not apparent when the engine is idling or not under a load. any ideas what it might be clark exhaust leak -- posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com .

From : bob m

clark wrote i have a 2003 dodge ram van 1500 and it has recently developed a clicking noise to the right of the engine when the engine is under acceleration. not apparent when the engine is idling or not under a load. any ideas what it might be clark is it a rattle maybe coming from the catalytic converter or an exhaust leak maybe bob .

From : clark

im inclined to agree that its an exhaust leak especially because the exhaust system is all pretty rusty. my mechanic claims there are no leaks. maybe i should take it to a specialist. clark clark wrote i have a 2003 dodge ram van 1500 and it has recently developed a clicking noise to the right of the engine when the engine is under acceleration. not apparent when the engine is idling or not under a load. any ideas what it might be clark is it a rattle maybe coming from the catalytic converter or an exhaust leak maybe bob .

From : idh63

hi clarke it may be an exaust leak but im inclined to think that your 2003 b1500 hasnt had the dodge tsb fixes i have a 1999 5.9l b1500 i bought last august. i only drive it occasionally but i have a clicking under accelertion which is actually pinging in the engine i found that by filling the gas tank with premium from a reliable station the pinging stopped there are several things that are known by dodge techs to cause this 1. the original factory layout of the spark wires 2. cheap paper plenum chamber gasket that starts to leak and suck air and oil from your engine. there is an upgrade kit which has an aluminum gasket instead you didnt mention what size engine you have. if you have either of the v8s you should check out items 1 & 2 above if you are having to top up your engine oil regularly odds are you have a failing plenum chamber gasket why would this cause pinging because the leaky gasket lowers the vacuume in the inlet manifold which causes timing problems. especially when you put your foot down. an easy diagnosis is to connect a vacuume gauge and compare the readings to the tsb technical service bulletin my van has 155k on it and i am amazed that this never got fixed by the previous owner i hope this helps you out -- idh63 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- view this thread http//www.carstalk.net/viewtopic-428279.htm send from http//www.carstalk.ne .