Problems with high miles on a Dodge Ram?
From : Annonymous
Q: i have a 2001 dodge ram and it has 90000 miles on it. it is the 5.9 l and is 4wd. i have done very little towing with this beast. no major problems to date. one of my friends has pointed out to me a couple of times that when my ram reaches 150000 to 180000 i can expect to have problems and have to shell out a lot of money. is this going to be a truck that i am going to want to get rid of when it hits 150000 please advise. keith .
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From : stephen harding
kbegin3@yahoo.com wrote i have a 2001 dodge ram and it has 90000 miles on it. it is the 5.9 l and is 4wd. i have done very little towing with this beast. no major problems to date. one of my friends has pointed out to me a couple of times that when my ram reaches 150000 to 180000 i can expect to have problems and have to shell out a lot of money. is this going to be a truck that i am going to want to get rid of when it hits 150000 please advise. well perhaps that is correct. i just had the infamous plenum leak on my 98 1500 at 146k miles. been scrupulous in maintenance so im a bit disappointed with the failure. although fixed the engine still studders a bit under load at low rpm. ive been dumping marvel mystery oil in it the past few weeks and the problem actually seems to be diminishing engine getting better! my mechanics recommended doing that to see if a likely valve fouling from the coolant leak might clear up but they were afraid perhaps a valve got burned or some other damage that would require the heads to be rebuilt. im going to be driving it around for another couple weeks using the mystery oil to see if improvement continues to the point of 100% fixed. if not since i really like the truck and intent to keep it until it falls apart ill bite the bullet and have the heads overhauled and the timing chain replaced. it seems to me a vehicle should be easily capable of 200k miles now days. certainly most cars japanese any ways can do that and since body rust isnt the problem it used to be i would have expected better from my truck. i did tow with it the first three or four years and maybe truck gas engines just dont hold up as well as car engines . just about everything else on the truck is still original water pump aircond compressor alternator etc etc so i dont have a problem yet with keeping it longer. next vehicle might be a jeep wrangler! i know the i-6 is supposed to be a great engine but im more interested in the little four. how does that one rate im not going to be doing the baja or rock crawling in it. seems like a really fun vehicle. comments nate smh .
From : Annonymous
its a 5.9l gas. it has been babied a lot so hopefully i can get some decent mileage keith nosey wrote kbegin3@yahoo.com wrote i have a 2001 dodge ram and it has 90000 miles on it. it is the 5.9 l and is 4wd. i have done very little towing with this beast. no major problems to date. one of my friends has pointed out to me a couple of times that when my ram reaches 150000 to 180000 i can expect to have problems and have to shell out a lot of money. is this going to be a truck that i am going to want to get rid of when it hits 150000 please advise. keith 180000 miles isnt anything to be concerned about if its the 5.9l diesel. the truck will wear out before the diesel engine. if its the 5.9l gas engine your friend is probably right. it will probably be pretty tired by then. take care of it and stick to the maintenance schedule and you may be able to stretch it out a bit longer. -- ken .
From : nosey
snoman wrote on mon 19 jun 2006 221817 -0400 nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote 180000 miles isnt anything to be concerned about if its the 5.9l diesel. the truck will wear out before the diesel engine. if its the 5.9l gas engine your friend is probably right. it will probably be pretty tired by then. take care of it and stick to the maintenance schedule and you may be able to stretch it out a bit longer. -- ken gee i guess ythat means that everyone with a gas truck should junky it at 180k no i didnt say you have to junk it at 180k. i said probably. twice. i also said if he takes care of it he may be able to strech it out longer. -- ken .
From : carolina watercraft works
ive got 145k on my 01 2500 with gasser and i see no signs of it letting up at all. im sure ill be well on my way to 300k before i need to dive into the motor at all. -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi ----cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ----mack daddy trailers ----ice angels snoman wrote on mon 19 jun 2006 221817 -0400 nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote 180000 miles isnt anything to be concerned about if its the 5.9l diesel. the truck will wear out before the diesel engine. if its the 5.9l gas engine your friend is probably right. it will probably be pretty tired by then. take care of it and stick to the maintenance schedule and you may be able to stretch it out a bit longer. -- ken gee i guess ythat means that everyone with a gas truck should junky it at 180k no i didnt say you have to junk it at 180k. i said probably. twice. i also said if he takes care of it he may be able to strech it out longer. -- ken .
From : snoman
on mon 19 jun 2006 221817 -0400 nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote 180000 miles isnt anything to be concerned about if its the 5.9l diesel. the truck will wear out before the diesel engine. if its the 5.9l gas engine your friend is probably right. it will probably be pretty tired by then. take care of it and stick to the maintenance schedule and you may be able to stretch it out a bit longer. -- ken gee i guess ythat means that everyone with a gas truck should junky it at 180k i have run several gas motors well past 200k miles with regualr maintainance with quality oil. frequent oil change are key here and if high mileage is your game change oil about every 3000 miles or so and possible more often when engine gets a lot of miles on it because oil get dirtier sooner and dirter oil promotes further wear. one seriuos concern in the front axle bearings and axle shaft bearing and seals and ujoint ut there as well because they are constantly trying as dodge has seen fit to no offer lockup hubs to save wear and mpg when in 2wd. i would tear front end down around 100k and inspect bearings and ujoint and repack bearing with fresh grease and install new inner of out hub seals too and then you will be set for another 100k or so. ----------------- the snoman www.thesnoman.com .
From : stephen harding
beekeep wrote 280000 miles on my 92 van. engine gas 5.2 replaced at 207k as pm. the remanufactured engine complete with heads was around $2500 iirc. it still ran fine. transmissions are another issue though. when the third one went out and it was out of warranty i had aamco rebuild it and bought the lifetime warranty. they have rebuilt it two times now for free. i have the 5-speed so transmission should never be a problem! smh .
From : tom lawrence
save wear and mpg when in 2wd. i would tear front end down around 100k and inspect bearings and ujoint and repack bearing with fresh grease and install new inner of out hub seals too and then you will be set for another 100k or so. you would huh care to explain how you would do that to a sealed hub bearing .
From : snoman
on wed 21 jun 2006 160009 -0400 nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote snoman wrote on mon 19 jun 2006 221817 -0400 nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote 180000 miles isnt anything to be concerned about if its the 5.9l diesel. the truck will wear out before the diesel engine. if its the 5.9l gas engine your friend is probably right. it will probably be pretty tired by then. take care of it and stick to the maintenance schedule and you may be able to stretch it out a bit longer. -- ken gee i guess ythat means that everyone with a gas truck should junky it at 180k no i didnt say you have to junk it at 180k. i said probably. twice. i also said if he takes care of it he may be able to strech it out longer. well it is not really a strech to get past 200k normal good maintain will get you past 200k easy at 300k and beyond you have to work at it a bit more sometimes. ----------------- the snoman www.thesnoman.com .
From : carolina watercraft works
i was thinking the same thing.....maybe very very small hands -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi ----cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ----mack daddy trailers ----ice angels save wear and mpg when in 2wd. i would tear front end down around 100k and inspect bearings and ujoint and repack bearing with fresh grease and install new inner of out hub seals too and then you will be set for another 100k or so. you would huh care to explain how you would do that to a sealed hub bearing .
From : coasty uscgret at comcast dot net
i have a 2001 dodge ram and it has 90000 miles on it. it is the 5.9 l and is 4wd. i have done very little towing with this beast. no major problems to date. one of my friends has pointed out to me a couple of times that when my ram reaches 150000 to 180000 i can expect to have problems and have to shell out a lot of money. is this going to be a truck that i am going to want to get rid of when it hits 150000 please advise. keith any engine at any time regardless of mileage can fail properly maintained many have gotten over 200k. i have almost 150k on my 98 ram 4x4 with a 5.2l. uses 1/2 quart between 3k oil changes idles so smooth you have to listen when stopped to see if it is running. used mobile 1 from day one and changed oil at 3k. coasty .
From : js
stephen harding wrote beekeep wrote 280000 miles on my 92 van. engine gas 5.2 replaced at 207k as pm. the remanufactured engine complete with heads was around $2500 iirc. it still ran fine. transmissions are another issue though. when the third one went out and it was out of warranty i had aamco rebuild it and bought the lifetime warranty. they have rebuilt it two times now for free. i have the 5-speed so transmission should never be a problem! nv3500 never a problem tell that to my old one the one that had complete gear teeth falling out of the drain plug after it left me stranded... luckily theyre cheap and plentiful at junkyards and dodge gave you plenty of space to work in.. theres a reason why gm didnt stick the nv3500 behind a v8. chrysler should have taken a lesson... js .
From : js
bret ludwig wrote if dodge wants a new supplier of diesel engines there is one obvious choice daimlerchrysler. mbz has more experience in automotive diesel than anyone else in the world. nice daimlerchrysler 3 liter v6 cdi diesel going in dodge products as well as mercedes products. . 222 319246 cjlng.24404$d4.15469@fe11.usenetserver.com sparkle wrote js wrote stephen harding wrote i have the 5-speed so transmission should never be a problem! nv3500 never a problem tell that to my old one the one that had complete gear teeth falling out of the drain plug after it left me stranded... your old one... i tend to downshift hard with the throttle closed pulling some extreme vacuum. under no circumstance did it exceed the 300 ft/lbs torque rating... keep digging sparky. js .
From : sparkle
js wrote stephen harding wrote i have the 5-speed so transmission should never be a problem! nv3500 never a problem tell that to my old one the one that had complete gear teeth falling out of the drain plug after it left me stranded... your old one... i tend to downshift hard with the throttle closed pulling some extreme vacuum. .
From : sparkle
torque from about 1500 rpm to past 4000 rpm rather than a bit more torque on a boosted deisel over a much narrower rpm range. not to mention that 700 ft lbs out of a 8.1 is not going to hurt tranny much it is rated at 650 ft lbs but 800 to 900 ft lbs out of a booste dmax will shorten trannies life. i can drag a truck out of a mud hole with old 30 hp jd tractor that a dmax truck would not be able to do in same conditons. it is all in the proper gearing for load and engine not the engines type. ----------------- the snoman yea but the dmax will get much better mileage and have a lot better ride than the 30 hp jd! you will also get to your destination before the end of the summer with the dmax. g ron thats right . . . you can also move a freight train with a 10hp lawnmower engine if you can get it geared down enough just dont get in a race with a snail while doing it. -- nahmie the only road to success is always under construction. . 222 319249 pfpng.933$np4.32@read1..pas.earthlink.net js wrote sparkle wrote js wrote stephen harding wrote i have the 5-speed so transmission should never be a problem! nv3500 never a problem tell that to my old one the one that had complete gear teeth falling out of the drain plug after it left me stranded... your old one... i tend to downshift hard with the throttle closed pulling some extreme vacuum. under no circumstance did it exceed the 300 ft/lbs torque rating... shock loads can shoot way beyond that. its a manual transmission driving style makes all the difference. keep digging sparky. okay you can see warping in the hood of my 99 1500 at 125ish. speed governor kicks in around 129 anybody here want to let jacob borrow their truck .
From : dmso
i have a 1996 1500 4x2 ram with 283k on it and it is still running strong! doesnt burn oil gets 12 mpg and i drive it every day. i have rebuilt the rear at 250k blown head gasket at 242k. and other minor crap... bottom line is i plan on keeping it till cant be fixed anymore and no it is not nickel and dime-ing me to death. plus it is paid for and at $25000 + for a new one it is still cheaper than a new one... good luck i have a 2001 dodge ram and it has 90000 miles on it. it is the 5.9 l and is 4wd. i have done very little towing with this beast. no major problems to date. one of my friends has pointed out to me a couple of times that when my ram reaches 150000 to 180000 i can expect to have problems and have to shell out a lot of money. is this going to be a truck that i am going to want to get rid of when it hits 150000 please advise. keith .
From : nosey
kbegin3@yahoo.com wrote i have a 2001 dodge ram and it has 90000 miles on it. it is the 5.9 l and is 4wd. i have done very little towing with this beast. no major problems to date. one of my friends has pointed out to me a couple of times that when my ram reaches 150000 to 180000 i can expect to have problems and have to shell out a lot of money. is this going to be a truck that i am going to want to get rid of when it hits 150000 please advise. keith 180000 miles isnt anything to be concerned about if its the 5.9l diesel. the truck will wear out before the diesel engine. if its the 5.9l gas engine your friend is probably right. it will probably be pretty tired by then. take care of it and stick to the maintenance schedule and you may be able to stretch it out a bit longer. -- ken .
From : steve lusardi
keith any vehicle can last an indefinite amount of time and miles. it depends very much on the way it is used and maintained. wear increases exponentially with speed. only you know how well it has been treated and maintained. steve i have a 2001 dodge ram and it has 90000 miles on it. it is the 5.9 l and is 4wd. i have done very little towing with this beast. no major problems to date. one of my friends has pointed out to me a couple of times that when my ram reaches 150000 to 180000 i can expect to have problems and have to shell out a lot of money. is this going to be a truck that i am going to want to get rid of when it hits 150000 please advise. keith .
From : beekeep
on 19 jun 2006 190749 -0700 kbegin3@yahoo.com wrote i have a 2001 dodge ram and it has 90000 miles on it. it is the 5.9 l and is 4wd. i have done very little towing with this beast. no major problems to date. one of my friends has pointed out to me a couple of times that when my ram reaches 150000 to 180000 i can expect to have problems and have to shell out a lot of money. is this going to be a truck that i am going to want to get rid of when it hits 150000 please advise. keith 280000 miles on my 92 van. engine gas 5.2 replaced at 207k as pm. the remanufactured engine complete with heads was around $2500 iirc. it still ran fine. transmissions are another issue though. when the third one went out and it was out of warranty i had aamco rebuild it and bought the lifetime warranty. they have rebuilt it two times now for free. beekeep .