Hello everyone, Matt here a fist time Ram owner and Fist Ecodiesel or diesel in general, I am a diesel mechanic and have fallen in love with this engine for its uniqueness and the interesting story of how it landed in a Ram truck. I originally was an anti Chrysler person for many years but got stuck with a ram 1500 as a runabout at the nursery I was a mechanic at, I no longer feel I got stuck with it but was blessed with that truck... it was a 2016 1500 8' box with no options...not even a hitch receiver but it had the Hemi, the white rocket she was dubbed and for good reason...after that I swore my next truck would be a ram.
This brings me to my Eco, after seeing the mileage of the Hemi first hand driving one at work (on the company dime) compared to fill up cost I started looking into the diesel in 2018. The idea of the Ecodiesel was ideal for me giving how much I tow and how far I commute BUT the recall horror show turned me off almost completely, I thought if I can find one pre recall I would settle and after a long and arduous search I managed to find one in Quebec. It was Pre V16 recall, 110000k with no issues and was always serviced by Chrysler...(2015 Ecodiesel 1500 crew cab 4x4 flame red SLT, towing pack, bucket seats.. The truck looked brand new and I payed more than I should have but it has a 1 inch leveling kit and an Air Lift 1000 with compressor.
Irony part: I bought the truck and was rear ended 2 months to the day (have pictures). dented the bumper of my truck and completely wrote off the kia that hit me (looked like he hit a brick wall), I drove away with little damage and nothing really broken other than the bumper and my language. So after 2 and a half months I brought my truck in to the body shop who did an amazing job (autobahn carstar). I made them put in writing that the truck is not to have any recalls done and Chrysler is not to plug anything into MY OBD port without consulting me. I get the truck back and Immediately notice a difference in the engine...they brought it to Chrysler for an axle inspection and they DID THE RECALL!
So after getting documentation from Chrysler of the recall done and a copy of there notes that no recalls were to be done I walked into Carstar collision with laser beams coming out of my eyes...They are very good ...and I recommend them still because despite all of this there going to "try" to fix this on there dime ...and by that I mean they cant fix it because the recall cant be undone (as far as I know) so anything other than replacing the truck is only a compromise and not a fix, (I doubt I can get them to replace the truck) so its more or less how Im willing to compromise with them...this gives me options...
QUESTION: What are my solutions? I have looked into GDE but "sold out" ...I'm not keen on a full delete. Banks derringer with the monitor looks like an option ...but I would rather have a tune, not big power gains if any but my old truck back, preferably something that would accommodate an EGR delete...I am not entertaining deleting my DPF at all. can a banks derringer be combined with an EGR delete kit without a tune? I do like the banks.
Thank you for listening guys
This brings me to my Eco, after seeing the mileage of the Hemi first hand driving one at work (on the company dime) compared to fill up cost I started looking into the diesel in 2018. The idea of the Ecodiesel was ideal for me giving how much I tow and how far I commute BUT the recall horror show turned me off almost completely, I thought if I can find one pre recall I would settle and after a long and arduous search I managed to find one in Quebec. It was Pre V16 recall, 110000k with no issues and was always serviced by Chrysler...(2015 Ecodiesel 1500 crew cab 4x4 flame red SLT, towing pack, bucket seats.. The truck looked brand new and I payed more than I should have but it has a 1 inch leveling kit and an Air Lift 1000 with compressor.
Irony part: I bought the truck and was rear ended 2 months to the day (have pictures). dented the bumper of my truck and completely wrote off the kia that hit me (looked like he hit a brick wall), I drove away with little damage and nothing really broken other than the bumper and my language. So after 2 and a half months I brought my truck in to the body shop who did an amazing job (autobahn carstar). I made them put in writing that the truck is not to have any recalls done and Chrysler is not to plug anything into MY OBD port without consulting me. I get the truck back and Immediately notice a difference in the engine...they brought it to Chrysler for an axle inspection and they DID THE RECALL!
So after getting documentation from Chrysler of the recall done and a copy of there notes that no recalls were to be done I walked into Carstar collision with laser beams coming out of my eyes...They are very good ...and I recommend them still because despite all of this there going to "try" to fix this on there dime ...and by that I mean they cant fix it because the recall cant be undone (as far as I know) so anything other than replacing the truck is only a compromise and not a fix, (I doubt I can get them to replace the truck) so its more or less how Im willing to compromise with them...this gives me options...
QUESTION: What are my solutions? I have looked into GDE but "sold out" ...I'm not keen on a full delete. Banks derringer with the monitor looks like an option ...but I would rather have a tune, not big power gains if any but my old truck back, preferably something that would accommodate an EGR delete...I am not entertaining deleting my DPF at all. can a banks derringer be combined with an EGR delete kit without a tune? I do like the banks.
Thank you for listening guys
