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have 1998 dodge ram 1500 318 eng wont start no power at coil no spark all fuses good everything else works dosent make any sense please any help would be appreciated


Here's a few things to check

Here's a few things to check out. Let us know how you make out. If these things check out, let us know. We'll give you more to check out.

asd relay problem
crank sensor problem
pickup plate problem
pickup coil or ignition module problem
cam sensor problem

Are you sure you have good fuel pressure and injector pulse? If your injectors pulse then you don’t have asd relay, cam or crank sensor problems.

it will still start with a

it will still start with a bad crank sensor, it would just crank for a while befor starting.
uses the cam sensor as a redundan.

Old school. Dodge used a

Old school. Dodge used a resistor in their run circuit(ballast it was called). Wonder if there is still a similar setup? But you'd have spark in start and no power to coil in run. Just saying.

Right Dan. I used to carry

Right Dan. I used to carry spare's of those resistors with me in case of emergencies.

chekc coil lead from

chekc coil lead from crankshaft/camshaft sensors. use a voltmeter set on the 2v AC scale. connect voltmeter lead to coil leads which come from the crank/cam sensors. spin the engine and observe the voltmeter reading. Generally, it should read around .8 to 2v it sensors are working. (by the way, it's highly unlikely that both sensors will go out at the same time)

It's the crank sensor mine

It's the crank sensor mine done the same think.

dtucker, I know you're tryin

dtucker,

I know you're tryin to help buddy, but check the date of this post that you responded to. It was STARTED AND CLOSED OVER TWO YEARS AGO!!!

FURTHERMORE, you ANSWERED the SAME QUESTION "Twice" with the "Same ANSWER!!!

wonder if it turned out to be

wonder if it turned out to be the crank sensor.....

Bfree, Check the original

Bfree,

Check the original date of this posting.

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