The ticking time bomb under the hood
Two of my friends had the Bosch CP4 high pressure fuel pump grenade in their 2012 F350s with the 6.7 liter Diesel. It took out the entire fuel system and injectors. Both trucks had over 130,000 mil...
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mike/kellie wrote:
Saw this on my Google feed last night. It's not meant to bellow any flames or debate brand loyalty. Those of us with newer diesels are vulnerable to newer technology with both good and bad results. Not meant to be off topic but my 2015 Ram 5500 had water pump issues and dealers were being allocated replacement pumps with a very long waiting list. When I asked about replacement at my dealership, there seemed to be a level of triage that triggered how soon you could get one. Fortunately, my service guy helped me out quickly.
related ouch!
Bad part is, that water pump is not high tech and is basically the same water pump since the 1980s. Appears it is/was a bad batch of them. Dunno why Ram couldn't get a large supply of them, but you could buy one off the shelf, multiple brands and not expensive enough to leave your truck beached if the dealer don't help.
