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Jshopes81 · 10-25-2018, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by barmcd

That's impossible isn't it?

Whats impossible?

Jshopes81 · 10-25-2018, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jacknife

I had a 600 Cummins 15 liter and would eat a 600 cat up. I also have a 6.7 Cummins and had 2 5.9 . They are great engines . They never made a kit to swap a Cummins for a Ford but they sure made a bunch to put a Cummins in a Ford .

International made the diesels for ford. Ford didnt make their own so youll never find a kit to swap a ford diesel because ford diesels dont exist.

Jshopes81 · 10-25-2018, 12:52 PM

Well i just got off the phone with the dodge dealer about repairs. Theyre saying the truck needs injectors with 69k miles. 14000 for the set installed. Not 14, or 1400, 14 thousand dollars for a set of injectors. Theyre going to start fighting over whos getting the bill for that now.

raineman · 10-25-2018, 06:28 PM

What year and model? How is the truck used? Betting it is a work truck that has the snot driven out of it.

Jshopes81 · 10-25-2018, 07:00 PM

Its a 17 ram 3500. It has 69xxx miles on it. It gets driven alot but not terribly hard(we have gps monitors). Most miles are highway. All maintenance is done by the book and on time (it doesnt cost me a dime so why not). I always get fuel at high volume stations so i dont get contaminated fuel. I also dont ever let it sit and idle either for long periods of time.

jacknife · 10-25-2018, 07:06 PM

There is no way a set of injectors cost 14,000. I just priced a full set $1,400 for six. That dealer is full of it .

wingnut60 · 10-25-2018, 07:19 PM

Maybe he meant that cost was to jack the radiator cap up and drive a new Ram under it?

Jshopes81 · 10-25-2018, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jacknife

There is no way a set of injectors cost 14,000. I just priced a full set $1,400 for six. That dealer is full of it .

I just found remanned bosch for 500 a piece. Theyre saying new are 1800 a piece through dodge. Im not paying the bill so i dont really care too much about the price but eating a set of injectors at this mileage is ridiculous.

raineman · 10-25-2018, 08:38 PM

70,000 miles on a 2017 is what I consider a high mileage, heavy use, work truck. Most people buying trucks to pull RVs are never going to drive a truck that hard. My 2014, bought new, just rolled over 25,000 miles. Again, bought only to pull an RV. Not a work truck.

Also, if you believe injectors cost $14,000, the dealer (stealer) pulled one over on you.

Lastly and respectfully, you are complaining because your high mileage, heavy use, work truck needs new injectors that are completely covered at no cost to you. Sounds to me like Ram is standing behind their product as promised (assuming it is covered under warranty).

Jshopes81 · 10-26-2018, 05:31 AM

Its not going to cost me a dime because its not my truck! Theyre sending them off to a 3rd party tester to figure out if the fuel was contaminated or not. If theyre contaminated the leasing company gets the bill. Still wont cost me a dime.

The truck has not been driven hard, its mostly highway miles at speed limit.

70k on a 2017 is alot of miles on a 17 but its still only 70k miles. Doesnt matter if its over 10yrs or over 2 years.

raineman · 10-26-2018, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jshopes81

Its not going to cost me a dime because its not my truck! Theyre sending them off to a 3rd party tester to figure out if the fuel was contaminated or not. If theyre contaminated the leasing company gets the bill. Still wont cost me a dime.

The truck has not been driven hard, its mostly highway miles at speed limit.

70k on a 2017 is alot of miles on a 17 but its still only 70k miles. Doesnt matter if its over 10yrs or over 2 years.

My point has been that most people buying a truck to pull an RV will never see conditions like your work truck.

And you are ready to blame Ram for a problem that was possibly caused by bad fuel? Hmmm

Jshopes81 · 10-26-2018, 09:34 AM

70,000 highway miles? Nope, no other vehicle in the history of vehicles has ever had or will have 70,000 highway miles put on it.

We have aux tanks in the beds of our trucks. Theyre used to fuel the big trucks and many other pieces of equipment with a motor. The aux tank is often fueled at the same time as the pickup so, my dodge is not the only one running the fuel that its been running. My pickup is running the filters that dodge specified, being changed at the intervals that dodge specified, all in a system that dodge designed, and serviced by techs that are dodge certified. Hmmm.

And lets not forget the people shaming ford in another thread about the vp4 somewhere on here. Hmm. You guys will blame ford but then say dont blame dodge?

raineman · 10-29-2018, 11:50 AM

So if I buy rancid coffee beans, I should blame the filter and the engineers who designed the filter when the coffee tastes rancid and ruins my fresh cup of joe? Just trying to understand.

Jshopes81 · 10-29-2018, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by raineman

So if I buy rancid coffee beans, I should blame the filter and the engineers who designed the filter when the coffee tastes rancid and ruins my fresh cup of joe? Just trying to understand.

You are unwilling to "understand". There is no way that i can put this to you where it will be dodges fault. The best way that i can explain it is that dodge should have selected a filter that would allow the fuel to be useable or clog up and shut the motor down before doing damage. I didnt pick the filters, dodge did. I just found out today mine is the 2nd truck with injector issues. We have a 5500 that wont even idle. Your coffee analogy isnt nearly an apple to apples comparison.