2017 Ram 1500 Ecodiesel HD
With Ford expected to add a diesel and ten-speed to their aluminum-bodied F-150s for 2017, Ram engineers are working hard — likely focusing on many different bottlenecks, rather than a single technolo...
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BillyW wrote:Geeze wrote:It looks to me like this issue is a one-off. All the different hits I found lead back to the same guy.
Has the issue with the cam gears slipping on the camshaft in the VM diesel been fixed? I've seen several You Tube videos reporting the problem. Apparently the gear is just a slip fit on the cam and a bolt in the end of the shaft keeps it in place. If the gear rotates the valves hit the top of the pistons. The last thing I want to do it buy a new truck and then pay someone else to "bulletproof" it.
Yep, and that guy beat the socks off his ED... Long idle hours.. 700 miles per day... custom tuning.. and many many "improvements" which may or may not have contributed.
He verbally gives several disclaimers about the stuff he does.
Not surprised at all that he ghosted a part in the motor. I mean the man bought a spare EcoDiesel drivetrain and sat it in his garage "just in case"
Thanks!
Jeremiah
