Good evening folks,
I recently purchased an '04 Ram 1500 with the 5.7l Hemi. The truck was perfectly maintained and for the mileage and age is in absolutely great shape. That being said, I'm 99% sure it has one or more leaking injectors. On a cold start the truck starts up without any hesitation, should I turn the truck off and start it again within 5 minutes or so it'll start right up again. If I shut her down and let her sit for 10-15 minutes it'll typically start within a crank or two and idle roughly for 2-3 seconds then level out. If I let it sit for longer, when I go to turn the key it'll crank and crank and crank but never fire, as soon as I hit the accelerator issuing a clear flood signal she'll turn right over. The rough idle start and accelerator assisted start are also accompanied with a strong smell of gas. Yesterday I replaced the cam position sensor just on the off chance that, that was the issue and it clearly is not. Thus I'm left with having to replace a fuel injector or more. No big deal, just going to pull the rails and injectors and see which ones are leaking. It's a relatively easy job but I, as many of you are, am simply pressed for time and would rather not spend an afternoon to do the job. With that being said, is there any secret cleaning method that I could give a shot first that might remedy the problem? Techron or some kind of 2-step cleaning?
I recently purchased an '04 Ram 1500 with the 5.7l Hemi. The truck was perfectly maintained and for the mileage and age is in absolutely great shape. That being said, I'm 99% sure it has one or more leaking injectors. On a cold start the truck starts up without any hesitation, should I turn the truck off and start it again within 5 minutes or so it'll start right up again. If I shut her down and let her sit for 10-15 minutes it'll typically start within a crank or two and idle roughly for 2-3 seconds then level out. If I let it sit for longer, when I go to turn the key it'll crank and crank and crank but never fire, as soon as I hit the accelerator issuing a clear flood signal she'll turn right over. The rough idle start and accelerator assisted start are also accompanied with a strong smell of gas. Yesterday I replaced the cam position sensor just on the off chance that, that was the issue and it clearly is not. Thus I'm left with having to replace a fuel injector or more. No big deal, just going to pull the rails and injectors and see which ones are leaking. It's a relatively easy job but I, as many of you are, am simply pressed for time and would rather not spend an afternoon to do the job. With that being said, is there any secret cleaning method that I could give a shot first that might remedy the problem? Techron or some kind of 2-step cleaning?