These unreliable new diesel engines!
Apparently my 2014 Ram Cummins with almost 100k miles on it must be a unicorn in the fact that it hasn't broke down on me yet because many people here(mostly non late model diesel owners) think that n...
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Copperhead wrote:
Well, while I was fond of Cummins thru the beginning of this century, starting with the ISX in 2001, Cummins has had more than water pump defect issues. The Cummins ISX for several years had serious cam issues. And when it would cost $10K to do cams on a motor, that can turn someone off pretty quickly. I even saw the TSB from Cummins that they had gotten a bunch of cams that had metallurgy issues. I just happened to participate in two motors that were affected. I turned me from positive towards Cummins to where I will buy nothing with a Cummins in it. Cummins' suppliers have some serious quality control issues they need to get on top of.
That can happen to any thing man made...bad batches...good luck!
