- Joined
- Nov 27, 2011
- Posts
- 158
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- Location
- Williamsburg, VA
- Ram Year
- 2019
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
2014 Ram Sport Quad Cab, 5.7 engine.
For the past few months, if I'm sitting at idle in my truck with the engine running and the radio off, I can periodically hear what sounds like water gushing back and forth. Every time I think to check it, the truck's been running for quite a while and it's too hot to open the cap. I can't see if anything is in the white plastic tank. I'll try to remember tonight after it's completely cooled down to check, but I was wondering if the water gushing sound would signal a low coolant level? My engine temp runs normal - even when towing.
About two weeks ago - Right about the 65,000 mark, I started my truck up with the windows down while in the garage. It made a sound like cards in a bicycle wheel - tick, tick, tick, tick... fast though. It sounds like it's coming from the passenger side of the truck. I backed out of the driveway while monitoring the sound. It went away for a second, and then when I started to move forward a bit faster, it came back. By the time I exited my neighborhood (less than 30 seconds), the sound was gone. I've noticed lately that the sound comes back when the engine is cold. The minute it's warmed up, the sound is gone. No loss of power, no performance issues that I've seen. Just the noise when it's cold. Yesterday it was doing it while I was in the driveway with the truck in reverse (not moving though). I put the truck in park and slowly revved up the engine. It was gone. Put it back in drive and revv it up a bit - sound came back for about 10 seconds, and then disappeared. Thought that was odd.
Thought on either of these two issues would be greatly appreciated.
All the best,
Glenn
For the past few months, if I'm sitting at idle in my truck with the engine running and the radio off, I can periodically hear what sounds like water gushing back and forth. Every time I think to check it, the truck's been running for quite a while and it's too hot to open the cap. I can't see if anything is in the white plastic tank. I'll try to remember tonight after it's completely cooled down to check, but I was wondering if the water gushing sound would signal a low coolant level? My engine temp runs normal - even when towing.
About two weeks ago - Right about the 65,000 mark, I started my truck up with the windows down while in the garage. It made a sound like cards in a bicycle wheel - tick, tick, tick, tick... fast though. It sounds like it's coming from the passenger side of the truck. I backed out of the driveway while monitoring the sound. It went away for a second, and then when I started to move forward a bit faster, it came back. By the time I exited my neighborhood (less than 30 seconds), the sound was gone. I've noticed lately that the sound comes back when the engine is cold. The minute it's warmed up, the sound is gone. No loss of power, no performance issues that I've seen. Just the noise when it's cold. Yesterday it was doing it while I was in the driveway with the truck in reverse (not moving though). I put the truck in park and slowly revved up the engine. It was gone. Put it back in drive and revv it up a bit - sound came back for about 10 seconds, and then disappeared. Thought that was odd.
Thought on either of these two issues would be greatly appreciated.
All the best,
Glenn