ChillyPhil
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- Joined
- Oct 11, 2013
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- Location
- Pennsylvania
- Ram Year
- 1997
- Engine
- 5.2 Magnum
As some of you know from DF, my truck has been havin a shutting off problem. So I replaced the iac about a month ago. (Already had a full tune up done a month or two ago. All Summit and RockAuto parts.) Seemed fine until tonight..
Strolling down the road at 10:30 this evening I was coming up to a stop sign. So I let off the gas and started drifting towards it and I realized my radar detector started blinking "Low Voltage, Safe Power Mode" (Cool feature). Then I looked at my dash and my rpms dropped to 0 and my power steering locked up. WHILE DRIVING!
So It stopped and I tried to start it right back up. Kept turning over and made weird noises cause I guess it puts strain on the starter when you keep trying to start stuff. Waited 10 minutes on the road and tried again and it turned, turned, turned, and finally fired. I revved the **** out of it because it wanted to shut back off. I felt bad for the people that were probably sleeping 30ft away from me.. Then after a bit, the rpms stayed up enough to get moving and I made it home. When my truck is running, my voltage is in the middle of 14 and 16 so I'm pretty sure that's normal.
This is a partially shorter version of the story, haha. But now what can I do? I know it'll need a trip back over to the shop but I need to know what part or parts I'll have to buy.
Strolling down the road at 10:30 this evening I was coming up to a stop sign. So I let off the gas and started drifting towards it and I realized my radar detector started blinking "Low Voltage, Safe Power Mode" (Cool feature). Then I looked at my dash and my rpms dropped to 0 and my power steering locked up. WHILE DRIVING!
So It stopped and I tried to start it right back up. Kept turning over and made weird noises cause I guess it puts strain on the starter when you keep trying to start stuff. Waited 10 minutes on the road and tried again and it turned, turned, turned, and finally fired. I revved the **** out of it because it wanted to shut back off. I felt bad for the people that were probably sleeping 30ft away from me.. Then after a bit, the rpms stayed up enough to get moving and I made it home. When my truck is running, my voltage is in the middle of 14 and 16 so I'm pretty sure that's normal.
This is a partially shorter version of the story, haha. But now what can I do? I know it'll need a trip back over to the shop but I need to know what part or parts I'll have to buy.
