Njacobs1115
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- Ram Year
- 1998
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- 5.2
I bought a 98 dodge ram 1500 v8 5.2 2wd.
When i bought it the dealer told me it puttered a little....either from bad gas or fuel injectors......he wasnt sure of the problem. The truck has 136k seems to have a strong engine and tranny. Just to give you some background.
So i bought the truck and did a tuneup.....took it to autozone and had then put it on the computer.....came back with 11 codes.....misfires, fuel sysyem, mainly plug related things and fuel system. When i did the tuneup i couldn't get to distributor cap so i didnt change it.....directly after tuneup i started truck and it *** makinh a loud metal pinging sound.....not the low oil sound. It sounded like a empty metal trash can being hit w a stick.
Here is my problem/question.....when i did the distributor cap....one of the two bolts broke off in the hole. I got the cap off...but cant get new one back in. Should i buy a new distributor and just replace it or have it drilled and tapped? What is cheaper....what is better?
Also any idea what that sound is?
If i change out whole distributor.....is that difficult? I can't find any info on it....only for cap and rotor
When i bought it the dealer told me it puttered a little....either from bad gas or fuel injectors......he wasnt sure of the problem. The truck has 136k seems to have a strong engine and tranny. Just to give you some background.
So i bought the truck and did a tuneup.....took it to autozone and had then put it on the computer.....came back with 11 codes.....misfires, fuel sysyem, mainly plug related things and fuel system. When i did the tuneup i couldn't get to distributor cap so i didnt change it.....directly after tuneup i started truck and it *** makinh a loud metal pinging sound.....not the low oil sound. It sounded like a empty metal trash can being hit w a stick.
Here is my problem/question.....when i did the distributor cap....one of the two bolts broke off in the hole. I got the cap off...but cant get new one back in. Should i buy a new distributor and just replace it or have it drilled and tapped? What is cheaper....what is better?
Also any idea what that sound is?
If i change out whole distributor.....is that difficult? I can't find any info on it....only for cap and rotor
Well not to bust your chops but why would you buy a vehicle from a dealer that was running so poorly. 
