"EASY" Cummins 6.7 2013+ oil change!

Cummins12V98 wrote:

up2nogood wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
Excuse me while I let you fan boys pass the Kool-Aid around! :W

Well Fish I am happy for you that you have a truck that the oil filter is easier to change and has nice mirrors.


But for me the extra 10 minutes it may take to change my oil is a minor inconvenience and I think I proved with my post it's really not a big deal to change the oil on a 13-15 RAM.

I think you are being kind here with the ten minute extra. I have to disagree, I've changed the oil three times now on my 2014 Ram, and although I'm getting better at it, and yes I have done it the way you showed, thats nothing new when changing the oil on these new Rams. At best its still a pita .

So you removed the steel pipe at the top? It is easily a 10 minute job the way I did it.

"Nothing new" ?

Please show me where anyone has posted the way I did it. Everyone removes the hose down low and fight getting it re connected. Or they go thru the fender well and there is no way that is a easy job.

All you have done is add one more step to the process by taking out the bolt, and removing the steel pipe instead of just pulling the bottom rubber hose off the steel pipe at the U-turn. Instead you are pulling the steel pipe off the upper rubber hose same process having to loosen the squeeze clamp to pull the steel pipe loose to get the entire assembly out.

The squeeze clamp at the U-turn is the big issue its awkward to get at it with pliers to release, and I only did it once. I removed that style of clamp and replaced with one that that you can tighten with a socket or screwdriver. Takes less then a minute to loosen the clamp pull the hose off the steel pipe at the U-turn. I see no hassle at all with that process once the clamp was replaced. The rubber hose is flexible enough it just slips right back over the steel pipe. I see no need to add removing the bolt ,and still have to get the upper rubber hose off. To each his own.

The fact remains its a pita compared to any other vehicle I have owned when it comes to changing the oil, and filter. One example is the 7.3 ford my previous truck, filter wrench , wrench for drain plug, get under the truck remove the filter ,remove the drain plug at the same time. If you wanted to ,and had the new filter under there with oil in it , you never have to get out from under the truck until the filter was replaced ,and the drain plug back in, thats considering you are not anal enough to think you have to have the last ten drops of oil out of the engine.

There is no way I would trust someone to change the oil in this Ram truck of mine, just to much involved , unless I stood right over them ,and made sure they did it right.


To answer your question ,no I don't do it your way, I see no need to add more step to the already too many steps to just change the oil ,and filter.