Bear_Gibson
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- Joined
- Feb 10, 2016
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- 195
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- Location
- Cape Girardeau, MO
- Ram Year
- 1999
- Engine
- 5.9 magnum
1st, Has anyone ever had a blown plenum without the oil consumption?
A week ago as I was turning into work my truck seemed to loose all its will to get going. I left work and it felt the same, I was really afraid something was going on in the transmission because it just didn't have any low end power. After servicing the trans fluid and filter I went out and flogged it, and it's definitely not slipping. It use to knock you back when you'd take off from a stop. Not it feels spongy at low speed. With the aftermarket filter setup you can hear the throttle open, but it just feels like you're towing a house untill you get up past 2000 then it comes on like freight train. I have checked the cat with a pressure gauge and it barely moved under acceleration. I also placed a bore scope in front of the cat and it isn't clogged. It sounds great other than being gutless. All the plugs are brown and less than a year old. They still have a .040 gap. Its not using any oil other than what it is slobbering from the valve covers. No codes. No check engine light. I'm planning to do the plenum gasket this weekend if I can't find anything else. I checked to see if it still had vacuum at the valve covers after removing the PCV hose, but it read zero. I'm really at a loss here. I have no clear direction. Ideas?
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A week ago as I was turning into work my truck seemed to loose all its will to get going. I left work and it felt the same, I was really afraid something was going on in the transmission because it just didn't have any low end power. After servicing the trans fluid and filter I went out and flogged it, and it's definitely not slipping. It use to knock you back when you'd take off from a stop. Not it feels spongy at low speed. With the aftermarket filter setup you can hear the throttle open, but it just feels like you're towing a house untill you get up past 2000 then it comes on like freight train. I have checked the cat with a pressure gauge and it barely moved under acceleration. I also placed a bore scope in front of the cat and it isn't clogged. It sounds great other than being gutless. All the plugs are brown and less than a year old. They still have a .040 gap. Its not using any oil other than what it is slobbering from the valve covers. No codes. No check engine light. I'm planning to do the plenum gasket this weekend if I can't find anything else. I checked to see if it still had vacuum at the valve covers after removing the PCV hose, but it read zero. I'm really at a loss here. I have no clear direction. Ideas?
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