FCA Receives Certification for EcoDiesel

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:

brulaz wrote:

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
The oil change is no more expensive then that of the Cummins. The filter has come down in cost to under thirty bucks.

Gad, I should hope not as expensive as the Cummins. The Cummins takes huge quantities of oil, and our local dealers seem to delight in ripping us off for the oil and the filter. I also have to change oil 2x per year just to maintain the warranty.

I end up spending 4-5X more per year on oil changes relative to my 2011 F150 Ecoboost.

Sorry, pet peeve of mine. I would hope the Ecodiesel should be a lot less to maintain than the Cummins.

The Ecodiesel uses 12 qts the Cummins uses 13 and my oil change is every 10,000 miles.

The only plus oil change wise on the Ecodiesel is that it's 10k miles or once a year. Cummins is 15k miles or every 6 months (twice a year). I maintain the twice a year oil change for the time being since I'm under warranty. I do drive 80% city too, so I'll probably keep that interval, I do severe duty changes on all my fluids due to stop and go conditions.

VernDiesel wrote:
Shinner I did 10k for the first 100k per warranty. Soon there after I switched to 15k interval per my Blackstone oil analysis results.

Transamz gotcha & good deal.

IdaD That's cool. Fwiw Local Walmart has it for $22 less $5 mail in rebate from Rotella for a net of $17 a gallon.

The only reason I'm still running 10K changes but I have to go 125K before the warranty runs out :(

brulaz wrote:

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
The oil change is no more expensive then that of the Cummins. The filter has come down in cost to under thirty bucks.

Gad, I should hope not as expensive as the Cummins. The Cummins takes huge quantities of oil, and our local dealers seem to delight in ripping us off for the oil and the filter. I also have to change oil 2x per year just to maintain the warranty.

I end up spending 4-5X more per year on oil changes relative to my 2011 F150 Ecoboost.

Sorry, pet peeve of mine. I would hope the Ecodiesel should be a lot less to maintain than the Cummins.

The Ecodiesel uses 12 qts the Cummins uses 13 and my oil change is every 10,000 miles.

ShinerBock wrote:

VernDiesel wrote:
As mentioned above about $60 to 65 using full synthetic T6. 10.5 quarts. I do the same 15k interval and a fuel filter every other oil change.

I could have sworn the Ecodiesel was 10k last I checked? If it is 15k now then that is even better for when I get one in the new Wrangler.

I also don't do synthetic. No need for it in the temps I live in. It never even gets below 20F here so it would just be a waste of money for me.

OCI on the EcoDiesel is 10k miles max.

You know I can't help but wonder if the Ecodiesel will ever go under the hood of a Wrangler. I recall reading that there were rumors of the engine going into the next gen Wrangler but I thought that would be a odd match.

1stgenfarmboy wrote:
sarcasm is hard to get across in print.

I knew it was sarcasm. Just didn't know why and what you meant by it especially when I didn't say anything to warrant it. If you take issue with anything I said then by all means say so. It could be that you are taking what I am saying the wrong way. Which I think may be the case here, but I want to clarify it first.

hvac wrote:

Allamakee1 wrote:
I love mine, have 47k trouble free miles on mine. I had the puddle light problem as well but that is a ram problem not an ecodiesel one. I guess I too read some of the horror stories but found them to be pretty rare in fact. This is not just a great truck, it's a perfect truck for me. 28mpg @ 60 driving to and from work. 13-14mpg @ 60 towing close to 6k pound 28ft travel trailer. This engine is amazing. You can't get better than that. No tune currently...

Hate derail this so a quick one for you. Towing heavy say 7k or more, did the Ltd. Tires give you more stability? If so worth the mileage loss?

I actually don't have LT tires. I'm only towing 6k right now. I have them aired to the max (51lbs). It's very stable. I do have the cheap airlift airbags ($80) in the rear coil springs. Sounds like Vern could answer that though.

sarcasm is hard to get across in print.

1stgenfarmboy wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

VernDiesel wrote:
As mentioned above about $60 to 65 using full synthetic T6. 10.5 quarts. I do the same 15k interval and a fuel filter every other oil change.

I could have sworn the Ecodiesel was 10k last I checked? If it is 15k now then that is even better for when I get one in the new Wrangler.

I also don't do synthetic. No need for it in the temps I live in. It never even gets below 20F here so it would just be a waste of money for me.

I think when I traid the wifes outback for an ecododge, I don't know why anybody would go by what Vern has done...........I mean come on only 340k miles and half of them towing out of a little 3.0 diesel, what a failure.


Dar

I am not sure I quite understand what you are saying here.

ShinerBock wrote:

VernDiesel wrote:
As mentioned above about $60 to 65 using full synthetic T6. 10.5 quarts. I do the same 15k interval and a fuel filter every other oil change.

I could have sworn the Ecodiesel was 10k last I checked? If it is 15k now then that is even better for when I get one in the new Wrangler.

I also don't do synthetic. No need for it in the temps I live in. It never even gets below 20F here so it would just be a waste of money for me.

I think when I traid the wifes outback for an ecododge, I don't know why anybody would go by what Vern has done...........I mean come on only 340k miles and half of them towing out of a little 3.0 diesel, what a failure.


Dar

Allamakee1 wrote:
I love mine, have 47k trouble free miles on mine. I had the puddle light problem as well but that is a ram problem not an ecodiesel one. I guess I too read some of the horror stories but found them to be pretty rare in fact. This is not just a great truck, it's a perfect truck for me. 28mpg @ 60 driving to and from work. 13-14mpg @ 60 towing close to 6k pound 28ft travel trailer. This engine is amazing. You can't get better than that. No tune currently...

Hate derail this so a quick one for you. Towing heavy say 7k or more, did the Ltd. Tires give you more stability? If so worth the mileage loss?