It happened to my friend with his Chevy. He was out in the middle of nowhere, loading his mules onto his trailer, and then, couldn't get back into his truck. He finally had to pry the door back and unlock it with a wire. How ridiculous! There must be a setting to stop the thing from locking the...
Yesterday I started up my truck, then stepped out with the windshield scrapper to clear the windows. When I got done scrapping and brushing, I found that the truck doors had locked themselves, and I couldn't get into the vehicle. Fortunately, I had my 2nd key fob in the house, so I was able to...
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm a bit leery about adding something to the bottom of the oil pan that could get knocked off in a high center situation, but my truck has a bar a few inches in front of the drain plug that would have to be knocked out before the plug. In an aside, I was just at my...
Thanks, John
It looks like the system is a bit more complicated that I believed. However, now I'm even more confused. Yesterday I redid the rotation so that I ended up with the rearward cross, which was recommended for rear wheel and 4WD vehicles. This required swapping the two front wheels...
The ramps are a great idea. I've actually got a pair that I could have used if I had thought of it. Next time, I'll get them out. Thanks for the thought.
Changed the oil in my RAM 1500 EcoDiesel today, and per the maintenance schedule, I rotated the tires. Since my spare is the same as the other wheels, I included the spare in the rotation, using what is called the Forward Cross Pattern. (Meanwhile, while writing this post, I notice that I should...
Thanks for posting this. For whatever reason, I did not receive anything from FCA, so w/o this forum, I would not know about the Rotella oil switch. I think I'll forgo the ECU Flash reprogramming. Somehow, I doubt it will either improve fuel economy or engine MTBF.
Hmm, no comments, no advice. Oh well, I'll answer my own question. The oil extractor would not work well in the EcoDiesel, because it would almost certainly fail to suck out the oil in the sump where the drain plug is. So, I drained it the old fashioned way. Kind of tough squeezing my too big...
I bought a Pela 6000 oil extractor to ease oil changes in my VW TDI. It worked great, and saved removing the plastic, sound-absorbing cover from under the engine. Now I've got an RAM 1500 with an EcoDiesel, and I'm wondering if anyone has tried the Pela oil extractors with the EcoDiesel. I must...