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Old 12-13-2013, 04:55 PM   #1
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I have a 2001 dodge ram 1500 3.9L v6. I've had it for about 3 years and it's been a great truck untill I moved to Michigan this past summer and the radiator went out. I replaced it and it ran fine for a wile then I ended up needing to put in a new starter and I had some wiring issues.

I moved back to Oklahoma a few months ago and it's been perfect until about a week ago it had a hard time starting. It did it once a day for about 3 days straight. Today I replaced the wires, plugs, cap, and rotor and it will start up but will not stay running. It starts up pretty good it'll have a hard start about every 5 times I try and start it.

I know there are some mechanic's out there and was wondering what your professional opinion is on what could be causing this? Could it be the fuel pump?

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Old 12-22-2013, 08:26 AM   #2
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I have a 98' dodge ram, had the same problem, plug in the block heater and in and wait 3-4 hours and it will start up like a charm, i think its cause its just too damn cold.
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Old 12-22-2013, 09:20 AM   #3
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I have a 98' dodge ram, had the same problem, plug in the block heater and in and wait 3-4 hours and it will start up like a charm, i think its cause its just too damn cold.
Thanks a lot man for the help. My father in laws buddy has a ram like mine and told me to do the same thing and it cranked right up.

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Old 12-22-2013, 04:19 PM   #4
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might want to start looking at the crank position sensor.
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Old 12-22-2013, 04:24 PM   #5
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That would have been my first guess. Just replaced mine about a month ago.
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Old 12-25-2013, 12:03 PM   #6
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Yeah no problem man! These trucks act like diesels when it gets cold out! Ram on! :}
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Is it throwing any codes?

I just had to replace the camshaft sensor, located under the cap + rotor, in my 97 Ram 5.2L
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The engine light is on we hooked our code reader up and it said it was a bad gas cap seal

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Old 12-27-2013, 02:55 PM   #9
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yea thats the evap system, wont stop the truck from running though, mines been on with the same code for a couple of months.
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