Bad Fuel pump or TIPM

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Matthew Smith

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My 2012 ram 1500 5.7 will have trouble starting. It’ll give me trouble when I head to work or leave work, it’ll crabk non stop 2-3 times then start. It’ll start up no issue when warmed up. I’ve seen on here it could a fuel pump relay or hopefully not my TIPM. It has spark and the battery is brand new and cranks strong just won’t start.
 

Burla

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Google bypass TIPM relay fuel pump ram truck, there are a bunch of youtubes on it. Fairly easy to bypass fuel relay at TIPM, just make sure you use the cig lighter relay and not one that stays hot. They also sell a test wire for this to test fuel pump TIPM connection. If you cant find it let me know... Once you bypass it and that corrects your issue, you can fix TIPM not easy but doable, or replace it, or leave it bypassed.
 

jws123

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If the timp winds up being bad after you test it using the bypass its not that hard to fix to be honest watch the video posted above. I did mine 4 years ago still runnin great.

 

Defender6320

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My 2011 Ram 1500 5.7L 4x4 has began to do the same thing.The engine will spin over but will not start. Then all of a sudden it will start after several times trying. This kinda tells me its an electrical issue and not the pump itself going bad. So I'm going to attempt to jump the relay and see what happens. Thanks for the information on this issue everyone.
 

andressolanolopez

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Mine did that couple of years ago did a bypass now it’s doing it agin it keeps saying p0339 crankshaft sensor but when I changed it already three times now still just cranks but doesn’t start I think my tipm box when bad or could be wiring harness ?
 

jws123

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Mine did that couple of years ago did a bypass now it’s doing it agin it keeps saying p0339 crankshaft sensor but when I changed it already three times now still just cranks but doesn’t start I think my tipm box when bad or could be wiring harness ?
I would check the wiring have someone with a good scanner take a look at it can see if its getting signal.
 
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