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kcram - Pickups Host
Here is my story,
I have a dodge 2500 with the cummins desiel, the truck is driven empty
and gets approx. 200-300km per day, empty. No after market parts on
engine or exhaust. The truck gets regular service and I have been more
than pleased with it, good mileage ,good power, starts great, no
complaints...until, On Jan6, 2007, the truck has 159,225km and I am
driving home and there is a slight knocking which increases in the space
of 20 seconds, there is a loud explosion and fire, I get the truck
pulled over and open the hood and shovel snow onto the fire to put it
out.............towed to dealership......get call back two days
later, Dodge dealer, we are sorry the engine has been dusted and ran
out of oil and seized we refuse to cover the warranty. They removed the
turbo and head to make this call. NOTE: there is three large holes in
the block just above the oil pan,where you can see a loose connecting
rod. They refused to remove the oil pan and simply stated they have
seen dust in the air intake and they measured the cylinders (without
removing the oil pan at any time) and have come to the conclusion it has
been dusted; NOTE: we have had 2 -4 feet of snow since november 1.
I had the engine replaced at a private dealer and had the oilpan removed
to survey the damage. We found an oilpan full of oil, we found the two
bolts which hold the connecting rod on the crankshaft, in the oil pan,
one slightly bent, threads intact on both. The motor had been using no
oil previously and the oil had been checked approx. 200km before this
happened.
Can you shed some light on why this happened and has this happened to
anyone else,
I am currenlty fighting for warranty,
I know it might be late, but I just joined this forum, I have a 04/2500 dodge with a 5" procomp lift and 35's, the 35's will rub badly when turning or running on uneven ground if you dont have a lift. The 33's fit nicely and dont rub, I ran them previously and they looked great with a stock truck.
hope this helps,
To get this problem to stop, you have hit the clutch and floor the trottle one or twice then let out on the clutch and the truck will take off again. Ive checked the fuel pressure and it is fine. I would extremely appriciate if anyone could share some knowledge and clue me in one how to fix this this problem...
kcram - Pickups Host
I own a 2006 Cummins. Does the manufacturer recommend additives, as I was told?
Comments would be appreciated.
Oh, I have had trouble finding Standardyne products. Is there another product recommended? How about Red Line?
The correct spelling of the product you saw being used is Stanadyne - hopefully you were having trouble finding it just from the misspelling. The other major brand of additive is Power Service. Both products are used frequently in heavy duty truck fleets, but are generally overkill for the average consumer-driven diesel pickup.
kcram - Pickups Host
Thanks again.
Felt
When I bought my truck in Dec. '03, I was very happy with it. I continued to be happy for a couple years. My 1st turbo blew at 33,000 miles. The 2nd blew at 55,000 miles. The 3rd at 82,000, and the 4th at 85,000. I've gottne to the point that there is something wrong with my engine, and fully expecting the turbo to be blown again, they tell me is perfectly fine, but now the 'new problems', which I previously mentioned.
I am at the point that I feel I need a new engine, and am completely dissatisfied with my truck.
What should I do? Am I entitled to anything to get this corrected? Is the turbo related to the catalytic converter, and to the muffler, and to the UV joints? Why are certain things under warranty, and others are not? Why is my truck having so many problems?
Thanks for any help with this. I am desperate for a solution.
I've not heard of a muffler replacement on a RAM of any type. The gasoline RAMs use stainless steel exhaust and the muffler chain stores don't even have a replacement listed for a RAM since they typically last the life of the vehicle.
Now occasionally I hear of turbo replacements on diesel trucks, but here again mostly Fords. I think I remember a Cummins needing a turbo a while back, but needless to say three turbos in 90,000 miles is not normal.
The failure mode of these turbos can point to the problem, if you know it. If the issue has been bearing seizure then maybe it is a maintenance issue. Use of the correct oil and maintaining periodic oil changes is very important on a turbo-equiped vehicle.
Some of this situation cam also be the result of inexperienced diesel technicians. Dealers are not required to send their techs to the diesel engine course.
Good luck,
Dusty
kcram - Pickups Host
There is no perceptable smoke from the exhaust, however, yestersay I passed a car, and had to step down out of OD. I was surprised by the black smoke that same out. Is this a sign of a problem?
I suspect diesels are most "happy" pulling and working, which I do only occassionally when I pull my 5th wheel. Do diesels "carbon up" like a gasoline engine, and need to be run hard occassionally?
Thanks in advance.
You should occasionally "drive it like you stole it" if you otherwise don't load it very often. You are correct that diesels are much happier when heated up and worked.
kcram - Pickups Host
Not sure the issue and looking for ideas that might fix this.
Robert
kcram - Pickups Host
towed it to dodge where they said the tank had 66% water and it will cost $18,000 to fix. warranty won't cover it, insurance won't cover it (can't prove vandalism - have no idea how water got in there, could have been churned up in big tank at cardlock where i last fueled up).
my question: shouldn't a brand new truck have a warning light if there is water in the fuel tank?
18THOUSAND dollars to fix a brand new truck? i'm not very happy. any suggestions?
I would ask the dealer to prove the water content. Isn't there a warning light on the dash that says water in fuel? Call Chrysler direct. If not go after the cardlock dealer. Best of luck and don't give up.
Definitely look to file a claim against the fuel station - if that's where the water came from, you won't be alone.
kcram - Pickups Host
Thanks.... ps... see my post... I disconnected the batteries and cleaned them and it totally changed my automatic transmission. It shifts perfectly now. Before would get stuck between gears, would have to punch it to get it to shift, very sluggish. Now I swear it shifts like a honda. What did I do?
Then turn key off, connect batteries (CLEANED of course) then turn key to on, then pushing foot feed down and back up Start and drive to see if it works for you. I can only say that it almost stopped all rpm jumping. ALso, I cleaned all connector on transmission,(4) with carburator cleaner, blem excess fluid off. Sound difficult but not. I do notice a big difference in the shifting problem. SORRY, for going on and on but a new truck with 1996 body, love it.
Then turn key off, connect batteries (CLEANED of course) then turn key to on, then pushing foot feed down and back up Start and drive to see if it works for you. I can only say that it almost stopped all rpm jumping. ALso, I cleaned all connector on transmission,(4) with carburator cleaner, blew excess fluid off. Sounds difficult but not. I do notice a big difference in the shifting problem. SORRY, for going on and on but a new truck with 1996 body, love it.
kcram - Pickups Host
A day or two ago, Cerberus, the new private owners of the majority share of Chrysler appointed their new CEO - Bob Nardelli. Don't know of him? I'll bet we all know his handywork. If you walked into a Home Depot over the last 4 years or so, and got red faced like the huge numbers of folks complaining that there was no customer service whatsoever, you know him. He turned the books around, but customers left in droves because it appeared Home Depot couldn't care less about their customers. That's Bob! And now he's going to head up the new Chrysler. I just hope someone makes the new Chrysler keep more of an eye on the customer first, then the books. If not, all of us Chrysler/Dodge owners are going to be left in the cold.
PS. And someone tell Chrysler that there new vehicles are great except for one BIG thing - whats with all the hard, cheap plastic for their dashboards? I thought it was just my truck, but got a new charger as a rental car this week and it's the same cheap junk. More hard plastic than the Chinese toy section at K-mart. Go back to the semi-padded vinyl PLEASE!
But, I am curious. What do you mean by "an upgraded transmission"? I'm intrigued. I just figured it would go to the dealer who would swap it with another rebuilt for another 50,000. How/where do you get one put together and installed that IS bullet-proof?
PS. Even all the talking heads on CNN and FoxNews are bemoaning Bob's placement at the helm. They say "wave goodbye to whatever talent Chrysler had that was sticking around to see what happened". I guess Monster.com will come out ahead from all the resume postings from Chrysler folks!!