carrmann
Junior Member
Having a few odd issues with the truck. Just picked it up. 2004 hemi ram 4wd quad cab short bed. 204k miles.
Water pump was bad, so i changed it and the thermostat since I was already in there. Was having issues with the upper rad hose collapsing after the change, ended up bleeding the air a lot and then finally having to change out the rad cap which seems to have fixed the issue. But now, the temp is fluctuating a lot though when moving slow or stopped and idling. It will sit at the halfway mark, but can go up almost to the 3/4 area to the H, then swiftly drop back down. Im not sure why. is this even sort of normal as I havent seen it Not broken?
Truck died while driving down the road, was essentially coasting down a hill when it happened, then didnt want to start (had to crank for 2-3 seconds to start it) and had to try twice to get it to fire. Im thinking possible IAC sensor? Already reset PCM and did the throttle reset (APPS).
Wouldn't start this morning at all, just turned over about 1 time then stopped. Finally got it to crank, and then it just cranked without firing off. Released key after about 4-5 seconds of cranking, tried again and it popped right off this but ran slightly rough for about 10 seconds and I could smell fuel in the exhaust. Does have the p0300 code both pending and confirmed (Multiple cylinder random misfire).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. It runs down the road fine, runs great, sounds fine etc. But im worried about the above issues.
Water pump was bad, so i changed it and the thermostat since I was already in there. Was having issues with the upper rad hose collapsing after the change, ended up bleeding the air a lot and then finally having to change out the rad cap which seems to have fixed the issue. But now, the temp is fluctuating a lot though when moving slow or stopped and idling. It will sit at the halfway mark, but can go up almost to the 3/4 area to the H, then swiftly drop back down. Im not sure why. is this even sort of normal as I havent seen it Not broken?
Truck died while driving down the road, was essentially coasting down a hill when it happened, then didnt want to start (had to crank for 2-3 seconds to start it) and had to try twice to get it to fire. Im thinking possible IAC sensor? Already reset PCM and did the throttle reset (APPS).
Wouldn't start this morning at all, just turned over about 1 time then stopped. Finally got it to crank, and then it just cranked without firing off. Released key after about 4-5 seconds of cranking, tried again and it popped right off this but ran slightly rough for about 10 seconds and I could smell fuel in the exhaust. Does have the p0300 code both pending and confirmed (Multiple cylinder random misfire).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. It runs down the road fine, runs great, sounds fine etc. But im worried about the above issues.
