Recent content by silver billet

Have a guy shadowing you in a car with his blinkers on, keep the speed down, 15 miles isn't much if you're careful. If it's just the frame then you shouldn't have that much trouble with wind.

I'm looking at it from a percentage and probability of failure; they've sold millions of these things, even a small flaw will show up as 100,000+ problems. But a 1 or 2 percent failure rate (even 5 to 10) is probably not going to affect me personally. There is no manufacturer that is doing any...

You'll have better luck asking the HDRAMS sister forum, 5thgenrams is mainly for 1500s. https://hdrams.com/forum

We don't have official numbers. The hemi doesn't seem to fail more than other v8's if you account for the sheer number of these engines sold since 2005/2009.

That's like me saying "The only people who prefer the hurricane are ecoboost lovers coming out of the closet." There could be another reason or two people still want the hemi, that's your homework for today.

Broken manifolds happen on the other engines as well, including tundra and titan. Keep in mind that FCA has sold like 10+ million hemis over the decades. Even a 1 to 2 percent flaw means 100,000 to 200,000 affected engines. The shear scale is in a completely different world than the peasly...

As I said, they had no choice. This was a safety issue, they knew the recall HAD to be done, why wait and set themsevles up for lawsuits? And as I said; we all know the hybrids have the same flaw, but they're not recalling THOSE. Because it's not about being proactive and "getting ahead", those...

Toyota has no choice, it's a safety issue. The engine can/has died immediately in some cases leaving owners stranded. They are not yet recalling the hybrid models because the electric motor can move them safely to the side of the road. At this point I'm not sure whether it's "making it...

The engine is complete shi|te. Everyone is getting theirs replaced, but word is that replacements can/have also failed. Apparently due to "machining debris" left over during manufacturing but there is speculation that since it's usually the rear bearing that fails that something else is going...

The 25's appear to be the worst year for the 5th gens, best to stay away and/or count your blessings if you got a good one.

On my 7th year of ownership and 0 regrets. Everytime it starts, everytime I get on it and it winds up, while I'm towing for hours straight.... usually nothing but smiles. I had the window leak and exhaust manifolds, but taken care of. I have no doubt this truck will take me to 15+ years of...

I believe that specific report was for a 5.7. There is more than viscosity that goes into an oil choice though, for example most 0w-40s are highly susceptible to shear down; UOA's show many are sitting in 30 grade territory when sampled after some use.

The cam issues are not "oil starvation". Just check out that engineers analysis where he said it's not caused by lack of oil, but the wrong oil (oil choice not able to meet the demands of the engine).

Glad you like the cummins. There is no comparison, no, that much is true. That's a beast of a truck.