Love it so far, I'm seeing users reporting 36-38 MPG, find it kind of hard to believe. I strongly suspect the turbo cooling line was getting ready to let go and I still had 4 recalls that needed done & I had concerns about them because of the horror stories of engine failures soon after the EGR...
We sold our 2017 ECODIESEL yesterday, I had noticed some issues developing so I traded it in on a 2024 Silverado 1500 DURAMAX, I know all about the oil pump drive belt, but it will probably outlast the wife & I. Thanks everyone for the chats& help. I may drop in from time to time.
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You need to be careful about dissimilar metals, the wrong combinations can cause electrolytic reactions. I thinkthos bolts are 6mm but I don't know about the thread pitch.
One of the other ram 1500 forums has info saying there is a new part number out to cover that recall, the MOPAR site still says "NO PARTS AVAILABLE" when I query my VIN. but members there insist , so IDK.
If you use the shift buttons and shift up so the gear shows on the dash you can observe what gear it's in. Y could also force a downshift to 7th to see if it persists, it may be the torque converter unlocking and locking, or the AC compressor cycling.
Invest in the EDGE CTS MONITOR, it will show you soot loading, regen status and a bunch of other stuff, I would
also suggest ALFAOBD with a good obd dongle, ALFA OBD requires windows or android operating system and will not work on an APPLE product. I use an unused kindle fire 8HD, It works...
And by "hit the highway or interstate" he means as soon as you can get there, no messing around. I'd recommend getting an EDGE monitor, either a CTS2, OR 3. IMO the 2 is a little better because it will initiate a forced regen where as the 3 3 will not. The 3 will allow you to monitor more...
Basically you need the EGR block off and the TURBO DOWN PIPE, I got both from EBAY, or you can try Mrtuning out of Canada, in fact Mr has very excellent tunes and trans mission tuning.
As a former machinist and well versed in vibration principles, high speed balancing and predictive/preventative maintenance I feel a PROPER failure analysis of a decent cross sampling of engines is necessary for a proper reasoning of ECODIESEL failures. I've read of line bore problems...
Here's a link, some of it is a little corrupted but it's still very good.
Here's a zip file, if it doesn't work then it's post #53 in the other link.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bflvnogpwg5y88c/Dodge_Ram_1500_2014-2016.zip?dl=0...