cincydiesel

Coming home today with the wiffey and baby from a birthday party and the truck shut down with no warning. I was doing about 70 mph down the highway and suddenly the truck shut off and coasted for about an 1/8 mile and turned right back on with a cell light. I eased the truck back home and checked for codes and found these 2.

P-2146 Is a 1-3 cylinder short high or low

P-2149 Is a 4-6 cylinder short high or low.

I was messing with the Edge J/A when this all happened (checking records and performance test).

Could anyone explain why this may have happened. Could it be the Edge J/A or something else. It was also raining outside when this accured. Again everything seems to be running fine now.

Thanks for any help Eric

Mr. Big Ram

Take the edge out and see if it acts up again, sounds like you have a bad connection somewhere.

cincydiesel

Edge IS coming out to verify if its the problem. Just checking to see if anyone else has had / heard of this before

SuperiorRam

have that prob alot running on 5 with the temp under 190 now i called edge they said it is the lift pump the one i haven't upgraded yet still the check engine light does go out after about 3 ten mile trips but the codes will remain in there the edge works better with the light out i think

cincydiesel

Are you getting the same codes as me?

J BODY

If it does it stock I'd be looking at the valve cover gasket.

cincydiesel

Am I putting off enough boost to destroy the headgasket? I see 38-39 Max. Never get on it till the engine warms up..

SuperiorRam

yes do you still have your stock lift pump?

SuperiorRam

what in the whole world does the valve cover gasket have to do with anything but holding oil in????????????????????????????????????????????

cincydiesel

Same stock LP. The ones thats in the tank. I'm still building boost just fine though which means its getting fuel

cincydiesel

The 05 injector wiring is built into the gasket from what I understand

SuperiorRam

well edge told me the stock lift pump is not up to par...intank like ours or not he said get a good lp

building boost big deal mine goes to 45 but still drains the fuel rail making the injectors mad NEED MORE FUEL

the wires built in to the valve cover gasket NOT

BigDiesels

I just lost an injector due to the wires in the valve cover gasket. One shorted out and took out #6 injector. I had the P0206 code and the P2149 code. Took it in and that's what they found. For anyone in Alberta, I just took the last valve cover gasket for at least 10 days! My dealer said the closest one available was in Kentucky (10 days away by normal freight b/c Chrysler won't pay air freight on warranty), then they managed to get one released from another dealer who had special ordered it in. I couldn't beleive it either, but there is a wiring harness built into the valve cover gasket.

Picking up the truck tonight, $0 under the Cummins engine warranty.

johnh

the older 7.3 powerstroke had the wiring in the valve cover gasket, they were known to short and cause major problems