TheEnder
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- Joined
- Aug 12, 2017
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- Ram Year
- 2013
- Engine
- 4.7L V8
Tonight i got into my truck and went to go fill it up with a full tank of gas like i usually do every early friday morning. Driving back home i hear a ding and look in the evic to see “Battery Voltage Low” with a loud screaming from the engine, which i’m used to as this truck has always had a whine since new, but this was slightly louder than usual.
I check my scan tool, battery is at 11.98 volts with engine running and without brights on, with A/C fan (not engine e-fan) running.
Drive back home, truck seems to shift **** tons better than it did before (no flaring etc) and the truck seems to run smoother. I get home, park it, and the starter sounds like it’s dying. It’s INCREDIBLY high pitched, (this truck has never had a high pitched starter, it’s always been low pitched) and the engine cranks but only cranks to around 900RPM and then falls back down to around 700 instantly. Which is not normal for this truck, when warm the starting RPMs are around 1500 and then they settle to 900 and then you’re able to take off.
Leave it alone for 4 minutes, come back, crank it, everything’s fine. Starter sounds normal. I’m not driving it though as i don’t feel like being stranded.
I thought the whine was coming from the trans, but apparently it’s not. I had my brother rev the engine and the alternator sounds like it has like a bad bearing or something.
Vehicle is a 2013 RAM 1500 with the 4.7L V8.
Sent from RAM
I check my scan tool, battery is at 11.98 volts with engine running and without brights on, with A/C fan (not engine e-fan) running.
Drive back home, truck seems to shift **** tons better than it did before (no flaring etc) and the truck seems to run smoother. I get home, park it, and the starter sounds like it’s dying. It’s INCREDIBLY high pitched, (this truck has never had a high pitched starter, it’s always been low pitched) and the engine cranks but only cranks to around 900RPM and then falls back down to around 700 instantly. Which is not normal for this truck, when warm the starting RPMs are around 1500 and then they settle to 900 and then you’re able to take off.
Leave it alone for 4 minutes, come back, crank it, everything’s fine. Starter sounds normal. I’m not driving it though as i don’t feel like being stranded.
I thought the whine was coming from the trans, but apparently it’s not. I had my brother rev the engine and the alternator sounds like it has like a bad bearing or something.
Vehicle is a 2013 RAM 1500 with the 4.7L V8.
Sent from RAM