Recent Content by cobradude1965

i live in las vegas and i am moving to mass. i am going to go through utah and colorado over the rockies. i am concerned that the truck will have a hard time with this and could damage it in some way. i have allready had the transmission fluid changed and will do a oil change before going. should i do...

about 1 month ago my fuel injector pump died on me and had to purchase a new one. everything has been good till last week. my fuel gauge was reading about 1/8 tank. i tried to start the truck, and it did start but was running ruff for about 10 seconds. i drove it to the gas station and filled it...

well i took it to dodge and they looked it over. yes it is the injector pump and it just came off warrenty last month. only one thing left to do. bend over and grab the ankles

i got the scanner and pulled up the code. it says it is a injector pump metering code. this is where i stop and call a tow truck. i have been told injector pumps are complex and expensive to fix. the code i am getting is po253. any ideas on what is involved with fixing this

one other thing. when i cracked the fuel lines open up at the injectors i did get fuel out but not under high pressure. fuel came out in pulses but i expected it to spray everywhere. should it have come out under high pressure

motor turns over fast. i dont think the batterys are dead. i saw in a post that if you turn key on off on off on you get a code in the speedo. i did this and got a p1693 code. it seems this is a general code. i am going to first disconnect the batterys to reset computer. if it doesnt start then...

i have cracked the fuel lines and got fuel out of line 1 3 and 4. 2 and 6 were hard to get to. i did get fuel out of all injector lines. tried to start the engine and didnt start, didnt even sputter. so now i am woundering if it could be related to the air heater. my light comes on in the dash...

where are you talking about loosening the injector line. i have 6 lines that come out of the injector pump and go up to just below the valve cover. are these the lines to crack open or is it under the valve cover. if i crack these lines is there a risk of damaging any O rings

i have a 2001 dodge cummings deseil and it wont start. it was low on fuel and i pulled in to get more fuel. after filling up the truck it wont start. it wont even try. i thought i may have run it out of fuel. so there is a relief valve on the injector pump. i pushed this in while turning over...

i have a 2001 dodge cummings and it wont start. heres what is happening. about 2 weeks ago i ran the fuel down low and was having trouble starting the truck, but it always started. today i go to fill up (low fuel again) and it wont start, not even trying. i was thinking i ran the truck out of...

hello all this is my first post and i have a towing question. i have a 25' 5th wheel that i tow. the truck pulls with no problem but when i am on the highway at 65MPH it seems the truck starts to dog out. i have noticed that when the tach gets up to 2100PRMs i start to loose alot of power. is...