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LAME Posted on Feb 15, 2013
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New plug misfire in dodge ram 1500 6 cyl van

Added new dist cap and rotor... correctly placed ..wires .. also added 6 new denso spark plugs, seated correctly and wired attached correctly.. now reads misfire in no 4 cylinder

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Could be your coil, but can also be internal, have you replaced both the air & fuel filters ? if so, dump some good fuel injector cleaner into tank when half empty , top off with 91-92 octane fuel, see how that works for you, do some highway driving, stop & go traffic creates problems, todays fuel w/ethonal is bad for older cars, be sure to have code cleared from ecm !

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SOURCE: 98 dodge ram 1500 5.9 multiple cyl misfire. cyl 1

did you check to verify that you have the wires in the correct order possible distributor pick up bad

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Anonymous

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SOURCE: Need spark plug wire to distributor diagram for 2000 dodge ram

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  • Posted on Jul 07, 2009

SOURCE: misfire on #6 and #8 cylinder 1996 Dodge Ram 1500

Check the spark plug wiring . There are several places where the wires cross each other. These wire cross points MUST be at right angles to each other. Or you will have a misfiring problem.

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