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Milage - To TSB or not?

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Old 11-26-2004, 08:19 PM
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In my case, neither truck sounded any different. The idle in both is still around 700-750. We are both running Winter Diesel #2.

Neither "white smokes" at all.

Your build date is less than a month before mine. Same rear end, but my drive train is box-stock, except for the wheels.
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So what does one need to tell the dealer to get the TSB?

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Originally posted by wildbillnc
I had this done when it first came out loved it at first then noticed that my truck didn,t seem to have the same low end torque as before and I only gained about 1MPG but the over head is consistantly off byt 2 MPG now it does take a lot longer to warm up and the engine rattles and pings a lot more all the time but it is worse when it is cold I would not recondmend thisTSB any longer it is not worth the loss of power and only proof that DC is playing it's cuctomers for fools but it must be working for them because I seem to be the only one that sees this !
There has been more than 1 tsb for this service. Are you sure you got the latest? Might be worth a trip back to the dealer. Or maybe a different dealer.

The reflash really worked for my truck. The pinging went away and fuel econ went up. Hope you get it ironed out.
Old 11-29-2004, 07:16 PM
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The flash worked for me too. I guess that makes me another one of Dodge's "fools".
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pinging gone away after TSB?

Originally posted by 6 Inline
There has been more than 1 tsb for this service. Are you sure you got the latest? Might be worth a trip back to the dealer. Or maybe a different dealer.

The reflash really worked for my truck. The pinging went away and fuel econ went up. Hope you get it ironed out.
You say the pinging went away? Correct me if I'm wrong but is the "pinging" you describe heard at light engine load, part throttle, under mild acceleration and sounds semi-erratic (many posts on this topic)?

If so, has anyone else who had this TSB performed and had the pinging/knocking noise noticed its absence after the TSB?

Thanks in advance.

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I supposedly had TSB done still pings & knocks. But mileage improved.
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Originally posted by HdPower
I supposedly had TSB done still pings & knocks. But mileage improved.
Hand calculated, overhead computer #'s, or both?

By the way keep the responses rolling in for the pinging issue!

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Hand calculated on the mileage, the computer is off about 1 mpg difference.
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I went in today to have the reflash doen and they told me it was not available for the 05's yet. However they did enable the high idle but it only goes up one time to 1200rpm is this normal?
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From the TSB 18-004-04, which is incorporated into TSB 18-037-04 (http://dodgeram.info/tsb/2004/18-004-04.htm)

"...Once enabled the feature operates as follows:

With the vehicle stationary and the gearshift lever in Park or Neutral, press the speed control “ON/OFF” switch to the “ON” position.
Press the “SET” switch. The engine speed will automatically increase to 1100 rpm.
The engine speed may be increased up to a maximum of 1500 rpm by pressing and holding the “ACCEL” switch.
The engine speed can be lowered down to 1100 rpm by pressing and holding the “COAST” switch ."...

So try this procedure.

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the pinging is gone with the exception of accelerating past about 50 mph
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are you kidding me? F'ing ******* charged me for this feature and it turns out it's a TSB??? Now I'm really p'd off.
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