oil problem with my truck
From : psion
Q: ok al have you check the back of the intake manifold .
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From : jeep
i would take it to a different dealer. if you have that much backlash in the rear it is about to fail. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving i recently bought a 2001 dakota v-6 with 5-speed manual transmission. this is the 1st manual tranny ive had in about 10 years. heres the problem when i let the clutch out i sometimes hear a single klunk coming from somewhere in the drivetrain. it is most noticeable when letting the clutch out when making a turn. i took it back to the dealer and they said is was the backlash in the rearend and it was normal. and that it would stop occuring when i get better at using the clutch. is the dealer right does anyone else have this problem .
From : psion
trying to remember if its feasible to switch out stick for an automatic or automatic to stick. what are my options on 2004 stick i dont like the stick that comes with the truck . harder to resell a stick .
From : tbone
wanting to own and owning a truck does not make you a redneck. it makes you practical. imho a crew cab ram is the ultimate vehicle. takes cargo passengers tows a load and looks good too. now a ram with a roll bar kc lights glass packs and a 10 inch lift does make you a redneck ... gimmea gimmea gimmea redneck girl ... craig c. .
From : nosey
this is seriously driving me crazy. ive had this thing in several times with no resolutions. heres the deal i need some input its a 2004 dodge ram 4x4 slt with 5.7l hemi. in the past it had cold start problems. it would have a hard time getting ignition while turning over...or it would turn over and get ignition misfire and die. i saw a tsb for this 14-002-05 http//dodgeram.info/tsb/2005/14-002-05.htm as time went on it started to die during regular operation. usually it was going up a hill but it could be during quick jackrabbity accel/deceleration cranking the wheel and turning or just driving normally. each time it would not restart for at least 30 seconds. eventually it did give an error code. what they did the first visit was flash the pcm as per tsb 18-008-03 http//dodgeram.info/tsb/2003/18-007-03.htm they replaced the o2 sensor and gave it back to me. nothing changed it kept doing the same thing. i took it to a different dealer and they flashed the pcm again...and were concerned that the first dealer did not flash the pcm as they stated. upon flashing the pcm the problems persisted but differently. instead of outright dying it would sputter and misfire during driving. i would put it in neutral and give it some gas and eventually the throttle response would or would not save it. not very safe. the entire time at rest the engine would not sit at normal idle of 600 rpm it would dip below 500 and die. above 600 it was not a smooth idle of 600610600610...it would fluctuate between 500-800 rpm. i also started to notice that during rest the battery would dip below 50% and during acceleration it would jump to about 56% and then at idle it would slowly go back down taking about 20-30 seconds to get to 49% or so...and stay there. i complained that it seemed like a crankshaft problem...lo and behold there was a tsb 18-002-04 http//dodgeram.info/tsb/2004/18-002-04.htm not only did they perform this but they replaced the sensor as well. the vehicle has been sputtering and almost dying but i can save it from totally dying. now i have a new throttle problem. i accelerate and it pegs itself at 2100 rpm...and stays there. i brake and its still at 2100 rpm...i almost rear-ended someone because the truck wanted to keep going as opposed to almost getting t-boned in a left turn when it died the other day so while it was accelerating but not increasing the rpms i slammed on the brakes and the engine cut to 500 rpms and proceeded to misfire and sputter. i threw it in neutral and gassed it and it came back. because im getting good at this it doesnt die. it could die but i dont let it because it takes so long to restart it *if* it will restart...once it took 15 minutes at rest. so i have no idea what is going on here. i really need help because im spending too much time going to the dealer for this and its not safe to drive. no one knows what to do. please help!!! message crossposted keep taking it back in until its fixed as its still under warranty. if they cant/dont/wont fix it check out the lemon laws in your state. good luck. .
From : psion
ccole@quixnet.net wrote larry wrote i got a 79 holiday rambler motorhome with a 440 dodge engine. how can i get info so i can but parts and repair the engine i need any help i can get!!!! thnaks!!!! you might start in the local library . look up dodge repair manuals for 1979 vehicles. im not being a smart-ass really am curious. ive never lived anywhere except possibly kalamazoo never had cause to check then that had a library with repair manuals. our local one has mostly dictionaries and rosebud romances okay thats not entirely fair but not far off...; how big a town do you live in or is ours hopelessly provincial sometimes i get the feeling we put up with way more backwardness than is necessary for where we live but i have no point of reference. cricket hopelessly provincial. seriously ive never lived in a town that didnt.... ive always lived in and around nyc and phoenix though so i guess its where you live.... .
From : woody
what does that say about me i wonder went on a business trip back in the states and had a really great time. however i had to drive an automatic-trans chevy cavalier yick! for those two weeks. with my butt practically on the pavement and practically looking under the vehicles around me and no umph when i hit the gas i really really missed the ol dak. i also found it harder to get in and out of the car something that sort of suprises me. last time i drove a car for that long would have been in 1991 when we drove a rental from seattle wa to va. last time i *owned* a car my first and last was a 1976 chevy chevette bright yellow that i owned in 1987/88. so does that make me a redneck woman in that ill probably never ever own another car jmc .
From : nosey
i have a 2001 dak 4x4 4.7l. it used to get better mileage than it does now - i daresay its topping off at 12 or 14 highway possibly less i havent done an actual measurement when it was getting 19/20 highway when new. im not a mechanic and being in england do not have access to a dodge dealer closest is the jeep/chrysler dealer. i do however have access to a hobby shop on base thatll do a variety of minor repairs/services. i dont mind doing my own work with proper instructions. theres nothing wrong with the truck that i can tell. it gets the ol evaporative emission leak error code despite the new gas cap but im told thatll not affect the trucks performance. the poor fuel economy didnt worry me as much before but now that the rules on base have changed and ill be paying $6.50 per gallon for gas on vacation its become more of a concern. anything i can do to help improve the gas mileage anything i should be looking at perhaps some preventative/standard maintenance i may have overlooked that would explain the dropping mpg thanks for your help! jmc .
From : Annonymous
lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net writes i have a 97 dodge ram 1500. i rebuilt the engine last summer and i am loosing oil. how much over what period of time mine too and it hasnt been rebuilt. only 77k miles on it 97 1500 loses 1- to 2 quarts in 30004000 miles between oil changes. no drips on the floor no smoke on startup no smoke on acceleration not showing up in the cooling system thank god just magically disappearing. its obviously burning it but slow enough not to be visible in the exhaust. tailpipe residue what little there is of it it is a light grey. this is also not something new for this truck its used oil almost since the truck was new. i thought valve guides possibly but if that were the case itd blow a blue cloud at morning startup. and morning starts are clear. compression check didnt lend any clues either. plugs are clean. ive had some frustrating history of p0307 misfires for about a year but the wire rerouting tsb seems to have addressed that for the time being anyway. knock on wood. i guess i shouldnt bitch. its been a good reliable truck and so far has never stranded me. chews up front tires if you dont rotate every-other oil change and piss-poor fuel economy but not many full-size gas powered v8 trucks do much better. sure as hell glad i didnt buy a chevy or a ford. .
From : psion
tbone wrote you think only liberal tree huggers buy econo cars get real tbone and quit squitming and spinning. you were the one that pointed to conservative republicans to be the definition of tree hugger. um more made up statements to boost your warped mind there tbone perhaps you should show some that have not. ahh the old turn it around defense. ya those unproven japanese hybrids are great huh you are spinning so fast now that your are starting to get me dizzy. there is no guarantee that we will have anything in the next 20 years or ever for that matter. but i can guarantee that unless there is some serious motivation to look for them fear and greed it simply will not happen. thats a seperate issue here tbone. you stated we need to save our oil. but you also said oil wont last several more decades. what oil are you talking about that wont last the foreign oil or the oil you wont let us find here in the usa if oil wont last decades more then you must mean the foreign oil. so how is your idea to save our oil for when we really need it going to help if we wait till we really do need it but lack the means to get to it seems to me you dont want to save our oil for anything. everything that you posted in this thread so far more than proves it. but going by what you say if we do develop these new technologies then we will not need the oil so why spend the money time and risk to the environment looking for it when so many others already are and if these new technologies do not work out we will still have some. oil consumption will continue to be quite high for a long time to come with or without these new technologies. your japanese hybrids arent going to put much of a dent in it. sure its a start. but the end of high oil consumption is a long ways off. thats why we need to find what we have and start doing so now. doing what you want and waiting until its already to late is absurd. there are many oil wells in texas that are not being pumped or drilled because it is simply not worth it since we can currently buy it cheaper than we can drill and pump it so we do have some wiggle room already. you mean oil companies are just sitting on oil stocks lol i said that earlier and you strongly disagreed saying if they drill it they will tap it. your note of some untapped texas oil is meaningless. that amount is not enough to do much should we need it. weve got to find waht we have and like you note sit on it until such a time when we do need it. waiting until we need it is too late. i have no problem with that but the oil companies have shown time and time again that they cannot be trusted to hold to what they promise or take responsibility when something goes wrong. the problem miles is that they are not looking for more oil out of need they are looking for oil that they can pump cheaply with little concern for environmental issues greed. thats typical of any industry. if industry wont police itself then someone else has too. oil industry is no different. but your bleeding heart story doesnt do anything to help. you say it requires high prices to drive new technologies. great raise gas taxes to pay for such technologies. i dont care. but we need oil and thus need to find what we have now rather than wait. i didnt refuse anything and the only thing that is false is your spin. like i said before the primary motivators are fear and greed and you want to remove the fear of running out in your lifetime because you are greedy for that resource and the fact that as long as it exists you dont have to give up anything. i hope that you dont have any kids because they are the ones that are going to have to live with the mess that you and those like you are leaving. my lifetime youre the one who has said oil wont even last several decades. you made the rules not me. i want oil found for whenever it is needed. the only one ranting about this is you. if you want to reduce our dependency on foreign oil we can do that today with conservation but you are unwilling to even consider it. conservation today will cut dependency in an appreciable amount hardly. conservation is great but you refuse to face the reality that we do not yet have technologies available to reduce oil consumption on a large scale. why do liberals ignore reality what you want to achieve will take decades and does little for today. no we need to begin seriously working on different sources of energy and conserving what we currently have. i agree but if oil wont last several decades then youre saying the oil wont even last until all those whiz bang new technologies are mainstream public. so what do we do during the period of no oil and these new technologies taking its place nope. i dont argue with my own family that lives there. lol just everyone else. who does. and you argue based on no knowledge of yo
From : Annonymous
on thu 28 apr 2005 005758 gmt denny wddodge@woh.rr.com wrote on wed 27 apr 2005 003557 -0600 dale yonz yonzie@mac.com wrote denny wrote on tue 26 apr 2005 085309 -0600 dale yonz yonzie@mac.com wrote beekeep honeybs@radix.net wrote on tue 26 apr 2005 004748 gmt denny wddodge@woh.rr.com wrote just got home from work a little bit ago. was about 60 degrees today a little breezy and the sun was trying to come out. i saw two neighbors mowing their grass near my home. what is wrong with this yesterday it was 30 friggen degrees and a couple of inches of snow on the grass. this sucks... denny i feel your pain! i have about 20 or so virgin queens that need to go on their mating flights just sitting in the hives waiting for the weather to warm up. beekeep dont be so damn tight go buy them some clothes bundle them up and send them on their way dale and i though you were going to tell me to screw them myself! beekeep careful about this... if ole red reads something about virgin anything youll have a guest for supper tonight. bees....sheep....theyre all the same arent they vbg denny one question gregg how do you know if they are virgin bees a couple of ways. the queens tail is short and stubby and the worker bees dont pay any attention to her. apparantly virgin queens smell different than mated laying queens. beekeep apparantly you mean to tell us that you dont sniff your bees vbg denny actually i do! one of the diseases that they get american foulbrood can be detected by smell. beekeep greg im sorry but i got this mental picture of you reaching in a hive snatching onto a bee and holding it up to your schnoz. then the ole bee decides that your beak would make an easy target and well you get the point from here......... denny .
From : hothead
i found both halves of the bolt. the head end and the end with a locking nut on it. it was a clean gray bolt. the dealers mechanic said the bolt was not part of the popping noise. i really dont trust the dealer much though. i just cant imagine needing to change out the entire steering column for $1200+. i think ill take the durango to an independent mechanic and see what he can find. thanks for the link. if worse comes to worse i may go that route. ben i have also read replacing the intermediate steering shaft fixes the problem. but you never know. might still not be the actual problem. btw did they replace the bolt or did you not find where it came from i could see that causing the problem if it was the pinch bolt that holds the shaft to the steering gear. but then again i think the pinch bolt does not have a locking nut on the end otherwise it would not really be pinching anything. .
From : bigtexasshadetree
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