1BADRAMLIMITED
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I do not own a eco but do they not make a EGR delete kit for this platform? if so is there any drawbacks? ive been looking at trading in for a newer ram and going eco route for better mpg
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Intake Manifold Replacement - Who has done it?
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i would not recommend the ecodiesel if you plan on keeping it. lease okay i guess.
your kidding right?
1BADRAMLIMITED
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I WAS ASKING FOR A FRIEND ... FORGOT THAT PART LMAO
tom318
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No, I wouldn't say this was a simple one. Took me and a mechanic buddy about 8hrs including some snack breaks. Working on this thing sucks.....we are basically laying and sitting in the engine bay. I have a lot more respect for the guys who wrench on these pickups all day long.
For me the worst of it was all the connectors. There are so many plugs. Its easy to get them all sorted and reconnected at the end but many of them were a real pain to disconnect. Hard to reach, impossible to see and each one is a little different. Some of the red latches pull towards the back, some to the side, some don't have any. Needed to take the driver side wheel well liner out to get to one since the latch was stuck. The glow plug connectors suck, ended up breaking one but still seems to be on there.
tom318
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I'm here for the long haul. We will see how long it goes! Honestly so far its been a great ownership experience. Ordered it new and I'm now 127k miles in. This was my first repair, other issues were covered by recalls.
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2021EcoDiesel
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Big fan of “I Do Cars” channel. Eric does a tear down every Saturday night, would highly recommend his channel to any gear heads. He’s done 2 Ecodiesels so far, both were second gen though I believe. Ugh, modern (emissions systems intact) diesels can hold a lot of carbon in them.
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The emissions stuff sucks for sure and its a shame its required. Previous gen had issues for sure with egr coolers and rod bearings. My theory based on how I see dealers operate is a lot of these ecodiesels just weren't maintained well by them. Probably wrong oil types, overfilled, underfilled and so on. Then people push the intervals which doesn't help. Something else I notice is a lot of people just think because its a diesel that it can just do it all, pull 15k lbs and go forever. That's not the case with these little baby diesels.
