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24K Miles and now I'm getting the rough idle and white smoke?!

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Old 05-22-2006, 08:19 AM
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24K Miles and now I'm getting the rough idle and white smoke?!

I just started in the last month to get the white smoke at start up and the rough idle. I never had this until I started adding fuel additives to my fill-ups! Could the additives be causing this? I fill up at the same fuel station, most of the time and did not have this problem previously.

Or, is this just caused by use and wear and mine just took 24K to show up?

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks

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Old 05-22-2006, 10:14 AM
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Tell the dealer you have rough idle and smoke at start up. He'll probably reflash and you'll be good to go! At least it worked for me on my 04.5 600, got better mpg to boot.
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You might have carbon build up on an injector or two. Go pull something heavy for a couple hours and get engine temps hot to burn the carbon off.
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Originally Posted by shinerunner
Tell the dealer you have rough idle and smoke at start up. He'll probably reflash and you'll be good to go! At least it worked for me on my 04.5 600, got better mpg to boot.
Quote TSB# 14-003-05 to the service department and they should have you fixed up in a jiffy. Here is the link if you want to print a copy for your own records.

http://dodgeram.info/tsb/2005/14-003-05.htm
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Thanks Guys!!

Thank you for the info! I appreciate it. I have to go to the dealer for the recall anyway and to get the speedo recalibrated, so I'll just add it to the list!

Jason
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