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Sad turn of events, But I'm sure when the motors disassemble, Thier's going to be more rotating mass wear and eventual complete failure.

OK.. Just be very cautious....If they turn it into a window block you will be $10K+ to replace....

Tell the shop to enlighten us on how Broken Flex plate or TC adds metal shavings to the oil filter? I have never heard of a 3.0 broken flex plate. That shop is going to suck up your wallet and drain your bank account.

If you may be able to Rebuild this motor , if you drive for X? of miles it will self-destruct.

Do search, You will find that 1000s of 3.0s have had tone ring failure.

Check your Oil filter for metal debris...

Ram 1500diesel.XXX is the poster forum for cover up OF all VM Motori and Fiat , Failures.... the facts all VM 3.0 are Hero-Zero Status. Some get years of good service, others need 3+ engines in 5 years of use. Service intervals are required for all VM 3.0 power plants.

What spooked the previous Owner? " rant and raved at how great it was " ....The VM 3.0 is a Hero Zero motor IMO regardless of the year.. Very complex engine that no one wants to work on or deal with because of all the liability. Now back to your problem, it's likely started and stumble and...

VM Motori Typo, Fanboys are cheerleaders that ignore the facts on Matters regardless of how much Data/evidence they deny, generally Individual's that reason on personal decisions based only on emotions. : tactical meaning... : a boy or man who is an extremely or overly enthusiastic fan of...

I hear YA, But it's NOT RAM, its Fiat, blame them for NOT stopping production in 2015, Plus at that Time FCA did not want that power plant on Americas soil..Plus the cover up that follow...Yes there have been some high mileage VM 3.0s but it pales in comparison to the VM 3.0 short comings... No...

Do you have ALFA OBD II? or Equivalent? What's the RP, AND RPMs, if you have RP above 2200 PSI and reading RPMs then it a connection problem, Check every connection under the Hood and Dash.

No they boost it and it runs again but knocking... What does this Mean?

Warranty is generally much Less, Techs that know what they are doing and working on do OK on warranty ( Factory )

It's fiat , VM Motori you need to place the blame for problems.

Check all connections in engine compartment and Under dash.

In most cases after deleting, "Service Electronic Throttle Control" (NO MIL) was not handle correctly in the Delete Tuning... Also check all connections under the hood and Dash.

Yes... some have had success with goodwill....You will need to fight in most cases. We have documentation that VM was aware of the Failures dating back to 2016... You can find the info at FOIA

Nothing wrong with Ram... its Fiat/VM Motori that's the Powerplant MFG...I've heard the same comment by 100s of VM and CP4 owners, Many said the same comment...Additives have Little to NO effect on CP4s, good clean fuel is the ticket for CP4 longevity... I have had CP4s 0 to 504K miles the ones...

Yep....The risk of ownership of VM 3.0 is not worth the benefits IMO... I don't care what improvements they VM claims have been made.,...Again, its Hero-Zero powerplant. It saddens me when I read these posts, Thier are Less cost methods available.

Pictures would be helpful.