Update on my Ram

"Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth)
11/30/2018 at 14:56 • Filed to: None

Failed lifters and pushrods. Warranty company is covering all but the $50 deductible. Going to go back to Carmax to try to get the other $140 back from them directly since they warranty their repairs and an oil didn’t straighten out a pushrod. The bad though? Lifters for a 2006 Hemi are on back order. And the last time it took them six weeks to get the parts.

So between a fatal accident, selling my Corvair for $500 (it went to a guy who is going to treat it right though), and my truck being down for in upwards of three months, we went from a six car family to a three car family in about a month’s time. Can 2018 just freaking end already ?!

DISCUSSION (18)

HammerheadFistpunch > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
11/30/2018 at 15:16

I seem to remember there was an issue with the valvetrain on certain 5.7s. I think I remember it being something about the guides failing and grinding the crap out of the cam.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > HammerheadFistpunch
11/30/2018 at 15:17

At least the $2k I paid on the warranty is about to come in DeMuro style.

jimz > HammerheadFistpunch
11/30/2018 at 15:19

early Hemis had two known issues IIRC- dropped valve seats, and breaking of the retainer which keeps the roller lifters aligned.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
11/30/2018 at 15:23

Wait what? 05038786AC isn’t on backorder. Neither is 05038784AC. Those are the two lifter-and-yoke assemblies for the 5.7 (non-Magnum and Magnum respectively.) Pushrods aren’t B/O either.

Tell them to quit trying to cheap out with non-OE lifter-only repair and use the OE part. Then tell them to root cause it, because either the pushrod failed and that’s the end of it, or you’ve got an oiling problem starving the lifters.

HammerheadFistpunch > jimz
11/30/2018 at 15:24

Thats the one, the retainer. Seems like FCA’s been having a tough time with valve trains lately, what with the press on cam gear on the ecodiesel being a problem as well.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > HammerheadFistpunch
11/30/2018 at 15:25

Guide fail on certain models due to oil starvation (I can’t remember which,) a known risk with valve cover leaks, and MDS 5.7's have more solenoid problems than a 545RFE at 100k past fluid interval.

jimz > HammerheadFistpunch
11/30/2018 at 15:29

OP’s is a Daimler-era vehicle.

HammerheadFistpunch > jimz
11/30/2018 at 15:29

gotcha.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
11/30/2018 at 15:32

This is a Dodge dealer doing the repair on this one, so I’m assuming they aren’t trying to cheap out. VIN 1D7HA16276J1 43518

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
11/30/2018 at 15:54

Dealers use aftermarket parts all the time. Especially when it’s a cheapskate warranty company - they get to dictate the parts. My decoder pegs it as an EZB/DGQ combo on the broadcast . The lifters that are backordered are for EZ A code.

Have them double check the plate, just because FCA’s fucked all kinds of things up. But the DC records were generally really good. Other problem is the parts numbering. It’s 8784AC, 8785AC, 8786AC, 8788AC depending on engine code EZA, EZB, EZC. You see the problem?

Never made a damn bit of sense to me why they changed from G24/GV24/GVS24.

nj959 > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
11/30/2018 at 18:36

I think it was mostly the 03-04 Rams that had the problems with dropped valves. I think that issue at least was fixed pretty quick.

The other stuff, I’m too sure about.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > nj959
11/30/2018 at 18:56

Nope, it’s all the 3.7/4.7's. They sludge, they drop valves, the lifters collapse, they crack the heads, they cook the coolant, they cook the transmission, there’s no end to the problems with those engines.

The 5.7 Hemi’s an evolution of the LA block and basically has NO real problems except for the early MDS solenoids. No lifter problems outside of mechanical causes. Same exact lifters as in your 5.7 for the EZB code.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
12/05/2018 at 09:11

Confirmed it’s an EZB, yet they don’t have an ETA for the parts yet.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
12/05/2018 at 10:30

Dear... FCA... get... your... FUCKING... SHIT... TOGETHER!!!

For FUCK’S SAKE. Even Chrysler didn’t fuck up the parts system this bad.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
12/11/2018 at 15:30

Well, I seem to have gotten lucky. Last part should be in tomorrow. So hopefully I’ll get my truck back at the end of the week.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
12/11/2018 at 15:58

Given FCA’s track record of late, I expect it will last a week before breaking again.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
12/11/2018 at 16:04

So...12 days of hooness?

12 skid marks