The consensus is getting a tune that eliminates or creates more efficiency is the single best thing you can do to increase life expectancy of the engine.
Oil Analysis done every oil change could also show any potential problems before they are catastrophic.
Do a search for engine tunes and Oil...
Most people appear to be very satisfied with the GDE tune. I am not sure I have heard any one say "I am sorry I bought the GDE EPA compliant engine and trans tune.
He is telling you that OA's (oil analysis) should give you an idea of the health of your engine. Many people do them each oil change (myself included) but they can be done at more frequent intervals. An oil analysis give you a breakdown of the metals, coolant, or other contaminates in your...
Super sorry for your loss and am glad everyone is safe! That must have been a harrowing experience. There have been numerous ecodiesel fires due to a faulty EGR that was replaced in a recall (VB1 i believe)
Usually your insurance company handles engine fires. I am not sure FCA will have any...
If you do decide to purchase most existing owners would recommend looking into an engine tune, now which one(?) that is a whole other question!:unsure:
People use lots of different OBD interfaces.
From the AlfaOBD website:
The software requires a compatible OBD interface. At present the following types of interfaces are supported:
OBDLink MX+/LX/EX/SX/CS and STN 11xx - STN 21xx based devices. The OBDLink MX+ Bluetooth or OBDLink EX USB are...