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I'm your neighbor to the south of you. We don't have emissions inspection in New Mexico, either. However, it's still a federal crime to remove emissions, so for that reason, I will keep my truck emissions compliant for as long as I legally have to. Obviously, you have to make that decision for...

Do you want to sell it with a bad engine?

There's nothing magical that you can do to prolong engine life. Some engines will live a healthy 500,000 miles and others won't make it past 100,000 miles. The intake and head ports will get gunked up due to emissions, which is why some people delete. Deleting is illegal, so that becomes a...

The vast majority of bottom end failures happen before 70,000 miles. The higher mileage failures that you speak of can be due to oil starvation from carbon buildup on the pickup tube, or the bearings eventually fail due to a combination of wear and tear and weak bearing material. This is why I...

The clogged oil pickup screen is due to carbon buildup from a leaking injector seal. As long as the injectors haven't been touched, then you shouldn't have any problems. The issue is when the injectors get pulled and the tech either tries reusing the same copper seal, or the injectors aren't...

It seems to boil down to assembly issues. You either get a good engine or a bad engine. VM Motori has several bearing sizes. It appears that the wrong bearing size was used in many of the failures. The engine builders are now using a better bearing, but they are also measuring and making...

I carry a relay bypass switch with me in the event that we get the countdown message (Engine Will Not Restart in 200 miles).

No, there isn't a class action lawsuit. Your truck failed outside of warranty. Here are your options: (1) Sell the truck as is (2) Buy a rebuild engine (3) Buy a new engine

Doc's is most likely the same stuff as Hot Shot's Secret since that's who is making it for them.

Based on the number of EcoDiesels out there with 300,000 miles, many of those are stock trucks. We see them quite often in the EcoDiesel facebook groups. It won't be too much long before we start see 300,000-mile trucks pop up in the 3rd gen EcoDiesel as well. As of right now, most of the 3rd...

There's nothing wrong with keeping it factory. We've seen many stock EcoDiesels make it to 300,000 miles.

The 2014 - 2019 (gen 2 EcoDiesel) certainly had some bottom end issues which is a combination of build quality and borderline design. The 2020 - 2023 (gen 3 EcoDiesel) is a very solid engine with a super low failure rate. There are a few reputable engine builders that are rebuilding the 2nd...

So far, my 2020 Ram EcoDiesel has been flawless. Here's the list of repairs for my 2015 Ram EcoDiesel thus far: Date Mileage Part Description Part # Cost 02/11/21 92,313 Water Pump 68211202AB Powertrain Warranty 08/10/21 96,304 Front Shocks Rear Shocks Bilstein 24-187343...

From the list below, RussellandCissy is the only one that I know who is running a bone stock EcoDiesel. He had 433,323 miles the last time I talked to him. 400,000 Mile Club Ramdriver501 (truck #1) - 410,000 miles (engine and truck) - Totaled VernDiesel - 423,000 miles (engine) - Cracked...

My buddy just turned 510,000 miles on his EcoDiesel last week!

Would "a child of God" say something like that? I thought the bible taught against retaliation?

21trucker mentioned 275,000 kilometers, which comes out to 170,877 miles. Regardless of how much highway driving you do, that's a lot of miles. The EGR doesn't shutoff just because you're on the highway. That's what FCA got nailed for with their original tune. :sneaky:

Just for the record, the original person who started this post hasn't been seen since January. When I said, "Everyone who makes these types of announcements are never to be seen again", I wasn't joking.

You need to pull the codes, otherwise it's all a guessing game. The codes will tell you what's going on.

Thank you for the kind words. I'm optimistic by nature, but I also try to stick to the facts and make decisions based on reality and not emotion. My 2020 EcoDiesel is now available for the recall, but I'm not going to add my name to the list until this summer. Once my name is added to the...