Recent content by Chirp08

People don't seem to realize the EGR issues aren't unique to the Ecodiesel, all modern diesel face the same problems with EGR as you pointed out. That said, if we are lucky we'll see Cummins next gen approach which eliminates EGR...

I honestly think the Tradesman front end might be my favorite of them all. I hope the Big Horn is the same grille just chromed out. Kinda surprised at the lights as well. I know fleet guys prefer halogens just because they are cheaper to replace.

I'm not quite sure how you can sit there and make this assumption "that sounded like you were defending the engine design and blaming consumers for not using their trucks properly" and then simultaneously say I'm replying to things nobody argued. I stated an observation garnered from all the...

I'm not denying there is AN issue but even then, Ram was putting out around 8000 Ecodiesels a month and with 215 failing at peak thats only 2% of production engines with an issue. I think we'd all agree that is high, but you read threads like this and you'd think you had a 50/50 shot at failure...

They are hit or miss but man do I love mine, I really can't imagine going back to a 15mpg Hemi. I'm confident they'll work out the bottom end issues which are really the only big unknown, the rest of the problems are fairly easy to remedy.

Nothing major but still interesting to see:

How's the clearance to the upper a-arm? That's the real determining factor on width typically.

I don't understand why you are leaning toward them using the old cab, none of the pics have been convincing of that, and it makes no logical sense. The 5th gen cab would have been designed with all the HD driveline clearance requirements in mind already. If they wanted to adapt that cab to the...

Safe to say these beds will be shared with the new HD trucks so the timing makes sense based on the rumored production ramp up coming early next year for them.

Coolant in oil has nothing to with the heads on these engines, the oil cooler itself has a gasket that can fail and cross contaminate. Got any. numbers to back that claim up of more failures? I highly doubt they exceed the number of Hemi header bolt failures.

It's not, it's how most Euro spec diesels are done and is tried and true.

Thanks, figured it was a C7 thing. Definitely not necessary on the Ram though.

This is closer to the process I've seen outlined everywhere. I just did new EBC yellow stuff pads and rotors on my '14 Ram and the process was ~5 stops from 35-40mph at a firm but not overly aggressive rate. Then 5 stops from 60mph at a very aggressive but not triggering the ABS rate. Then let...

No, I'm saying if you break in your engine and continuously operate under certain repeatable conditions and then suddenly stress it in a way that the way it's never operated under you can certainly spin a bearing. But if you want to oversimplify what I posted and respond to that go ahead and...

Everything I've read and in talking to other owners (I have one myself) it seems to come down to how you break the truck in. There is one guy who managed to blow 2 motors in a row.. when asked how he drove he said like a grandma. It really seems like if you take it easy on your engine then...