Cummins to Hemi?
Hi folks, Currently have a '14 3500 CTD with around 25K miles on it. When we were looking for a truck (2015) I was originally looking for a 6.4L, but couldn't find one with 4.10's, and the CTD end...
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FishOnOne wrote:
LOL the charts shows the repair costs being the same between the gas and diesel. Whens the last time you had to replace injectors on a Hemi, replace and clean the EGR system, replace a turbo, injector pump, DEF system, grid heater, adjust valve lash, EGT sensors, fuel filters, oil leak repairs, water pump, replace dual batteries, service dual radiator's?
Bottom line the Hemi just doesn't have the complexity as the diesel and that directly correlates to less expensive repairs.
My cousin works on these trucks and that's my source. We purchased a couple of 05 diesels from the dealer he works at which he spotted for us. Which is another reason why we stay away from the DPF equipped diesel trucks for our farm/ranch because we know the long term costs to repair these diesels is something we don't want to deal with and the non DPF diesel's for us maintain a cost effective solution. If given the choice to run DPF diesels or gas trucks for our business gas would be a no brainer.
No EGR cleaning process is required for the 2013 and up models with DEF. Servicing the dual radiators is a non issue on the 2013/2014 models as well. And none of the other repairs you refer to are real common repairs on the current gen Cummins. They certainly have more "stuff" than the 5.9L models you refer to but are not nearly as unreliable as you make them out to be.
