Truck won't fire

Asked by Karymay41 Oct 27, 2016 at 05:11 PM about the 2001 Dodge RAM 1500

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Got 5.9 360 magnum in,
tried to fire it up, back fired a
couple times, never got it to
find up, has spark, fuel, fuel
pressure, pretty sure timing
is right I triple checked it,
plugs are in correct order,
kinda stumped now, only
thing I can think of is the
aftermarket cam is throwing
everything off.
2001 dodge ram 1500. Has
a

1 Answer

F_O_R answered 8 years ago

If it is back firing then you probably have the timing off. The cam is another thing and you may have to pull the timing chain cover to verify that.

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