Installed the Edge Juice with the Attitude monitor yesterday. Took the truck out for a test drive, and really liked the added power! However, on the way to work today I had a problem where the engine would seem to lose power. Driving at 55 mph, cruise on, come up to a small hill and losing speed. Push the accel pedal to the floor and no change. Downshift (manual 5-speed transmission), floor it, and after 1.5-2 seconds it comes to life and off we go. Had this happen multiple times on the way to work. This happened at the 0, 1, 3, and 5 power levels.
Get off work, no power at all. Died twice when trying to leave a red light. Park, disconnect the Juice from all truck connections. Still no power. Start the truck again, floor it while in neutral. Blue smoke out the tailpipe, power comes back up. Drive home. Every time the power would go away, push in the clutch and floor it. Off we go again. I did not get a chance to watch the exhaust every time, but I did see some blue smoke a few times when I did get a chance to look in traffic.
I bought the truck last month from a friend of my brothers. He kept a good history on the truck. Injection pump and lift pump were replaced 5 months ago. Juice shows a history of fuel pump pressure going down to 5 psi, but I had also been running around town playing and really pushing the truck at all power levels. Drained the fuel filter/water separator, no change. Truck has 101,500 miles on the clock.
With the Juice reconnected I I have 11-15 psi fuel pressure at idle. However the power loss problem is worse than with it disconnected. Juice shows a normal progression of leds cycling with the engine running, indicating all connections are good and normal. I tapped the injector line, and all the other connections per the Juice manual, including the EGT, tranny temp, and fuel pressure sensor.
Any ideas? Thanks.
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2000 Dodge RAM 2500, 5.9 Cummins, 4x4, 5-Speed manual transmission. Silverline 4" exhaust, Juice with Attitude,
Airdog 100, K&N air filter.
