Whats up with this?

Question

Wow so my truck stalled out one night.. it cranked back up, but the engine was very shaky and jerky. The RPMs were revving by itself, and the gears were jerking. Well I had it towed to a Dodge dealership... 3 WEEKS AGO..

Week 1- They said it was the spark plug wires, would get some new ones, and it'll be ready

Week 2- Nope, this week it's the camshaft thats locked up, and it's running on 3 cylinders. They sent an oil sample to the factory, and would let me know a day later. Didn't hear anything!

Week 3- I called today.. and the lady said the guy was pulling down the left valve covers.

WTF is going on?? What do I do? Its been 3 weeks

Pulling down left valve cylinders to research it more... HOW DOES IT GO FROM SPARK WIRES TO THE CAMSHAFT, TO VALVE COVERS?

Answer 1

if your still working on getting this warrantied get a loaner car from them they will do that for you also ask about the lemon law in utah we also can do a get gephart www.getgephart.com or 1800getgepart he is an investagate reporter for a local tv station

Answer 2

On week three all the really said was "It's being worked on." There may be several reasons for him doing what he was doing. At best when you first show up it's a guess as to the problem. As they get into it and they know more you get a better idea of the problem. Is it by chance a high mileage vehicle? It sounds very much like you have a worn cam which isn't allowing the valves to open as they should. That's what happened to my Chevrolet 3500 HD 454 engine tow truck after 300,000 plus miles. It ran great on one bank...

Eventually they will know what it needs and you can make a decision then. I wish you luck with it.

Answer 3

Mass air flow sensor.

Answer 4

Good dodge mechanics must be hard to find where you live.

Answer 5

buy another truck