Ram 1500 5.9 stalling

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RLH21

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Nj
Ram Year
2002
Engine
5.9
Dodge keeps stalling out, once it stalls I can restart runs for maybe 10-15 minutes then dies, sometimes the dash gauges don’t move battery/gas and so forth when this happens truck will crank but not start, once gauges move it will start and run for about 10 min then stall... any ideas? And it’s a 2002
 

Dave2018

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2018,Previous 1998
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3.6L,Previous 5.9L
I've had to replace the crankshaft position sensor and the fuel pump. The fuel pump was a hard fail. Driving down the road engine dies no restart. The crankshaft position sensor was more problematic. Never noticed the dash gauges issue. You know it almost sounds like a bad ground or pos wire to the battery.
 

Austin-591500

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2001 x2
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5.9 Magnum, 5.9 24v Cummins Turbo Diesel
crank position sensor, never hurts to check the plenum. for the gauges, it is probably grounds, take off the ground wires, clean them and clean the surface they are grounded to. i covered mine with dieelctric grease so that they wouldnt corrode again anytime soon.
 

ViolentMouse

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2002
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5.9 magnum
cranks but wont start? do you have a gray colored ignition key?

Also the cluster, when the needles wont move... do the lights in the odometer area work at all?

to me it sounds like your cluster is failing but usually when that happens it won't even crank....
 
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