1997 Dodge Ram P0305 Code

1997 DODGE RAM
252,000 MILES • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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GLAVICH0219
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I have a 97 ram 1500 4x4 with a 360, The truck had the heads rebuilt about 50,000 miles ago as well as the trans, and from what i can tell the computer on the firewall looks to have been replaced recently also. It has been running rough and it shows a P0305 code, which says cylinder 5 misfire. I just put brand new plugs in it and also a cap and rotor, I also pulled the bed off and found that the vent hose on the sending unit that goes to the "charcoal box" was unhooked(so I replaced the line and kooked it up) the fuel filter in the tank appeared to look good. I wonder is it maybe the wires or injectors or even as simple as the coil. or could it be worse and it already fried a valve before i bought the thing
May 20, 2009 at 2:52 PM
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RASMATAZ
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P0305 misfire at cyl no.5 -check the compression and injector for that cylinder

Misfires can be caused by worn or fouled spark plugs, a weak spark (weak coil, bad spark plug wire), loss of compression, vacuum leaks, anything that causes an unusually lean fuel mixture (lean misfire), an EGR valve that is stuck open, dirty fuel injectors, low fuel pressure, or even bad fuel.
May 20, 2009 at 3:36 PM
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GLAVICH0219
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Yesterday I swapped out the #5 injector with the #1 injector and it still gave me the same code. Could be a bad wire on the #5, i am gonna switch out the #5 wire with the #1 wire and see if it gives me a misfire on the #1 and then i will know. I still need to run a compression check on it also. Any other thoughts???????
May 21, 2009 at 2:52 PM
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