"10 Ram 2500 diesel owners
Thinking about purchasing a "10 Ram . What is your opinion about this vehicle ? Is this the year they started using DEF ? Will use it to tow a 5th wheel .
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Grit dog wrote:
I would also not consider deleted to be a bad thing if you're not subject to emissions testing and out of warranty. In fact it cleans up the injection events by getting rid of the in cyl egr and results in the same mileage and performance of the late 5.9s that are so desirable. Thousands of deleted diesels running around that are not tuned, hot riddled or run to death as stated above.
While I don't necessarily advocate for deleting trucks, if one was going to do it, this era truck would be a great candidate. The EGR system is especially dirty these years and requires a lot of maintenance. The DPF, if not properly worked, can clog up and be an expensive repair.
Deleting these emissions systems can get you more power, better fuel economy and more reliability... but at the cost of significantly higher NOX output per gallon. Depending upon how you feel about the EPA, you may or may not care. You could argue that a 2007 diesel engine can legally produce the same amount of NOX, so what's the big deal... or you could argue that the significant reduction in NOX is a worthwhile benefit for a minor setback in mileage and power.
