Remove the lifter covers and run the engine. If it is a bad cam you should be able to see a difference in how high a lifter is pushing the rockers up, depending on how bad it is.
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Sorry, this is a little long. Seems these engines have a history of burning cams, and at the #5 cylinder at that! There was a back order of some 2500 units for the lifters. Finally got mine and got the cam replaced, easy enough of a task. Followed the Hanes manual for timing and torques with no...
Hootbro, I bought the truck used at 50K miles and the dealership did the first two years worth of oil changes. After that I have been using a mixture of Firestone oil changes and doing them myself with Castro High-mileage. On my last oil change I did have a problem with the old oil filter seal...
So after doing all that I could, I went to talk to my local Dodge dealership before I started looking at the PCM. Goo thing I did! They had another truck in the shop with the exact same symptoms and it was found to have a worn camshaft. It looks like I'm doing a top end on this truck now...
Update
I finally got a check engine light. While driving the RPM jumped up to 4500 in order to pull a hill (not normal) and the engine threw a P0305-Cylinder 5 Misfire Detected. Since I was over due a plug change I wen ahead and did that and swapped the #5 coil pack to the #3 position. While I...
Huntergreen: I keep the tire pressure+/- 5 of factor recommendations and if it was a brake issue I would have expected a noise coming from them and there is not. I will check to ensure the wheels spin freely.
Whetrick1: no smells coming from the truck at all, is there another way to check the...
I have a 2012 Ram 2500 (5.7L Gas) that has had a dramatic drop in fuel efficiency (from 12 mpg to 8 or 9 mpg) for the last week or so. This has been accompanied by higher RPMs than normal to maintain speed, especially on the highway. I am not the best at routine maintenance and thus initially...
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