Posted February 20, 201510 yr What do your guys's trucks do when you stab the throttle from idle? Yes I know I shouldn't do this but I'm wondering if what mine is doing is normal. Does yours just ramp up without any sort of hickup??
February 20, 201510 yr Owner Basically yes. If you stab the throttle it should ramp up continue to governor rate.
February 21, 201510 yr Author Should, yes but is that what yours does? Like I'll stab it and hold only till 2500rpm and let off, but it kinda sputters and shakes a bit as it revs up. Not smooth at all. Wondering if this is part of my "issue" or if it's normal.
February 21, 201510 yr I don't know cause I've never done it. Seems like abuse of your vehicle. I just want to keep maintenance costs to a minimum and reliability high.
February 21, 201510 yr I've never stabbed it up to 2,500 RPM... Maybe 1,800-2,000, and it's smooth as can be. No hiccups or hesitation. Have you played with your programmers (changed settings, and/or turn them off) to see if it still does it?
February 21, 201510 yr Author Yes I know it's not the best for it. I'm still trying to figure this missing issue out though so anything I can do to diagnose..... Yes I have turned all programmers off and I still get the same thing happening. Thanks for the replies.
February 21, 201510 yr Can you describe the miss? I can't find your other thread. My 2000 had a slight miss at idle but it ran great.
February 21, 201510 yr Author http://forum.mopar1973man.com/index.php?/topic/9120-miss-at-all-rpms/ 14 pages worth
February 22, 201510 yr Nope, yours is not normal.. I'm guessing your 'miss at all rpm's- 14 pages worth' is very much part of what you are hearing/feeling. Common trick is doing just what you did. a quick burp up to speed with no load gives a tuner something to listen for. Smoothness, gapless noise at the tailpipe. This is something that being in a moving vehicle under power and with the hood shut.... we'd never hear or feel. These days, we really can't do this in gas vehicles anymore! The computer is going bat crap because the vehicle is going 0 mph, and giving it a burst like this has it all over the place for mixture.. or other limiters kick in.
February 22, 201510 yr Author Greeeaaaaat. That just confirms my suspicions. I'll just sit here and wonder...... What could it be Weird though today it only did it half as bad... That is the normal miss and a throttle stab.
What do your guys's trucks do when you stab the throttle from idle? Yes I know I shouldn't do this but I'm wondering if what mine is doing is normal. Does yours just ramp up without any sort of hickup??