matt1969

I need some help with my truck.its a 2001 ram.im having a problem with it just running like crap for about a year.it sometimes runs alright and sometimes runs like crap.it pukes when i floor it from a stop and realy bucks at high rpm.latley if i park it on the incline of my house pad with the motor going up hill it has a hard time starting in the morning.i ran some some dirty fuel back when all this started. it always helped when i changed the fuel filter,but now it only helps a little .last time i had a good amount of fine silt like crap in the bottom of the filter housing.it helped out alot after changing the filter and cleaning all the carp out of the housing.so i dont know if i have a lot of crap in the tank or my lift pump or injector pump is going bad.any help would be great.

matt1969

nobody?..................................

can17

Is it anything like this?

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=146116

JSPulliam21

That's my thread, and your bucking at high rpm sounds like my problem. Mine will buck every time at 3200 rpm and above. I do not have the fuel filter problem like you, though. I hope you find an answer. I will be following this one closely as well.

nickg

If these trucks have a in tank sock(filter) it could be plugging up, and when you shut off the truck enough junk falls away so that the truck runs ok again, maybe try a jerry can in the bed with a fuel line run to it to help eliminate the dirty tank theory, wont explain the hard starts on an incline
my 2 cents

matt1969

put a new lift pump in.runs like new.

JSPulliam21

Glad the lift pump solved your problem. I eliminated the stock fuel pickup with a draw straw.

matt1969

whats a draw straw?

JSPulliam21

It is just like a huge drinking straw that replaces the stock fuel pickup in the tank. Here is a link: http://www.vulcanperformance.com/ser...2%84%A2/Detail