Dieselmaster
Diesel addict
Hey guys... I am trying to help my step dad out... really it's my moms truck but the step dad is trying to figure out the problem... Its a 2004 2500 4x4 cummins... approx 100,000 miles
Anyways... she was having an issue several month ago where the truck would die and not restart for several hours... sometimes it wouldn't start at all in the mornings.... So they took it in to a shop and they replaced several injectors. I don't believe they did anything else, just the injectors. They said everything else looked good.
Anyways, it seemed to run alright after that but now they are having a new issue......
The truck has no power, and seems to surge while driving down the highway... My friend was with them on the last trip and said that it seemed like the motor was surging but the tach never moved. If you mash the pedal like when your going to pass it just falls on its face. It also is smoking really bad... they say it's black smoke. Which to me doesn't make alot of sense to me... usually black smoke is unburnt fuel...
Also something else to add... they weren't able to get it above 50mph when flooring it... if they let off the fuel pedal and just ease into it they can slowly build up speed and get up to 70... but when they come to a hill or try to haul with it it's almost impossible to build up speed.
I don't know Dodge or Cummins at all so I'm hoping my brothers here at oilburners have an idea or know of a solution. Please help guys... the last time they took it to a shop it cost them $3700 to replace 3 injectors... I think they got hosed but I once again don't know about these trucks.
Thanks in Advance
Anyways... she was having an issue several month ago where the truck would die and not restart for several hours... sometimes it wouldn't start at all in the mornings.... So they took it in to a shop and they replaced several injectors. I don't believe they did anything else, just the injectors. They said everything else looked good.
Anyways, it seemed to run alright after that but now they are having a new issue......
The truck has no power, and seems to surge while driving down the highway... My friend was with them on the last trip and said that it seemed like the motor was surging but the tach never moved. If you mash the pedal like when your going to pass it just falls on its face. It also is smoking really bad... they say it's black smoke. Which to me doesn't make alot of sense to me... usually black smoke is unburnt fuel...
Also something else to add... they weren't able to get it above 50mph when flooring it... if they let off the fuel pedal and just ease into it they can slowly build up speed and get up to 70... but when they come to a hill or try to haul with it it's almost impossible to build up speed.
I don't know Dodge or Cummins at all so I'm hoping my brothers here at oilburners have an idea or know of a solution. Please help guys... the last time they took it to a shop it cost them $3700 to replace 3 injectors... I think they got hosed but I once again don't know about these trucks.
Thanks in Advance