Check engine mystery

Asked by matthew Dec 08, 2016 at 01:29 PM about the 1999 Dodge RAM 2500 ST Club Cab 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 1999 Dodge Ram 4+4 v8 magnum5.9 and I
have a check engine light that comes on and after
about two or three days it disappeared then two or
four days go by fine then it comes back on with a
p0308 check engine code cylinder 8 I replaced
wires rotor distributor cap plugs fuel injector and it
still comes back on but with only that cylinder what
is it way weird please help

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Brett answered 7 years ago

Just pissing in the wind on this, but I had a randomly on and off CEL on my car for a few weeks, turns out the timing belt was being tugged on because one of the pulleys/cogs was failing. Eventually it broke and I lost my timing belt, fortunately I was parked and it was just idling and just stopped and somehow I didnt grenade my engine. But, if yours is a timing belt, have it and the pulleys and cogs, water pump, whatever checked out. Might be totally wrong, but that's what mine was from.

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