[ChargingRam]

Well my truck has been down for a month now. Partly due to the cold and lack of a day off in a month so I havent worked on it.

If any of you read this posthttp://ramchargercentral.com/boards/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=32026 this is the original problem.

All connections are clean and all that, brand new battery, yadda, yadda, yadda. With the battery at full power I still need a jump to start it. It just turns over really slow, even jumpstarting it. After it starts it runs for a couple minutes and then it slows and dies. I cannot keep it running any longer. Try to restart and it is just shy of not turning over at all. So I am thinking it maybe a bearing problem.

Anyone else? I don't have a oil pressure gauge in it and the engine doesn't seem to make any more noise than it normally did. This engine had really been lacking in the power department and I was just hoping to get through winter with it. I have one on the stand to go in next spring.

Brian

 

[Bummo]

I dont know but it seems that a spun bearing wouldnt affect your starting speed like that. Sounds like either electrical or something inside (like a piston) is real tight. After it starts the expansion could stop it after a few minutes I guess, specially if there is no lubrication happening anywhere.

 

[Evildriver-3]

You can't slow a motor, you can spin and then sieze it but not what your describing, could be a power problem or most likely a carb, but if it was no oil it would be noisey

 

[Guest]

Did you ever replace the starter?