The Cam Beck
New Member
- Jul 10, 2019
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- Truck Year
- 2015
Hello all, this will be my first post besides my intro post. Sad to say the post is to see if someone can help me out with the problem I am having with my truck. I own a 2015 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Tradesmen, 174*** miles, second owner, most of the miles are highway miles. Yesterday I took it to the mountains hauling a trailer with a small load (2250lbs ish), truck performed well over all, made for a good day trip. The following morning (today), I drove a 1 hour round trip (no trailer) just normal driving. Around lunch time truck is at an idle and it throws a P0299 code along with "service electric throttle control". So I started scanning to see if I could come up with anything. Used the Torque Pro app to look at stuff and to watch gauges. Code could not be cleared using Torque Pro, also while driving I have no boost from the turbo, (built boost fine this morning).
So this afternoon I went and disconnected the battery for about an hour, during this hour I took the time to clean the MAP and EGR tube, both looked like they had never been touched. The MAP was 110% clogged and the EGR tube looked to have almost 3/16" thick worth of build up on it. I cleaned both and placed them back on the truck. I later on reconnected the battery and cranked the truck. Code was still there (sad face). Proceeded to drive the truck to see if it would clear up and nothing so far. Truck still drives fine, no rough running or misses, still able to travel highways speeds, it just takes a lot longer to get to them with no turbo boost.
So what should I check/test next? What should I look for? Is there a hidden wire that could have come loose? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
So this afternoon I went and disconnected the battery for about an hour, during this hour I took the time to clean the MAP and EGR tube, both looked like they had never been touched. The MAP was 110% clogged and the EGR tube looked to have almost 3/16" thick worth of build up on it. I cleaned both and placed them back on the truck. I later on reconnected the battery and cranked the truck. Code was still there (sad face). Proceeded to drive the truck to see if it would clear up and nothing so far. Truck still drives fine, no rough running or misses, still able to travel highways speeds, it just takes a lot longer to get to them with no turbo boost.
So what should I check/test next? What should I look for? Is there a hidden wire that could have come loose? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.