WOW! CTD Exhaust can scorch grass!
Parked my 2016 CTD on some short grass for about 15 minutes and let it idle. When I pulled away, the grass was scorched and later died. That exhaust gives off some heat!
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Yep, I think it's a common warning for all post 2007 diesels to beware of driving over dry vegetation. Fish did bring up a good point that I was always curious about, why the Cummins powered trucks never required any sort of louver or vent in the exhaust system. Chevy and Ford always had louvers, even on the new 2.8L duramax it has the louvered exhaust. But I don't think RAM's ecodiesel has any venting on it as well. I wonder if it's the order of the catalysts on the RAM trucks, GM and Ford both go SCR->DPF, while RAM is the opposite. Maybe the temps are cool enough to be acceptable at the tailpipe after going through the SCR catalyst (though still hot).
