6.7 smoked out driver and passangers at ranch!!

[Whiteranch04]

The 2007 3500 4x4 I bought from Brown Dodge in Devine Texas produced tons of smoke from under the hood while filling up deer feeders at the ranch I have down at Woodsboro, since no dealers and the check engine light came back on and said see dealer I had to load up the lemon on a trailer and haul it 100 miles to the dealer I bought it from!! The smell was horrid and reminded me of a cat converter plugged up, by the way, last week the right front tie rod end let go at 73,000 miles down at the ranch in sand and we had a walk out due to it, it was out of stock in Corpus so had to order it in from a pleasesonton texas as a complete unit, since indivural parts were not available, remember to check your tie rods, the parts man at dodge told me this was a updated part due to many failures, thanks to God it let go at the ranch and not on the highway in traffic, the end had no grease zerk on it and was full of metal sand from not being greased!!! Another lemon episode as usuall and more downtime.!!!!

[MullenaxM]

It's probably from washing the fuel filter with gasoline.

Mike

[Bob4x4]

Originally Posted by MullenaxM

It's probably from washing the fuel filter with gasoline.

Mike

[gsbrockman]

Originally Posted by Bob4x4

[HBarlow]

Probably another "big Texas rancher" whose belt buckle and hat are larger than his "ranch."

[EB]

I must have a freak, 200,000+ miles working in the oilfield, in south Texas. (Not the best roads). Still going strong.

[Whiteranch04]

Originally Posted by EB

I must have a freak, 200,000+ miles working in the oilfield, in south Texas. (Not the best roads). Still going strong.

Why are you bragging, is this your post about all of the problems you have hThe egr cooler lasted 102,000 miles, developed an internal leak which caused the exhaust gas to blow all the water out of the engine. Needless to say it caused overheating problems.

The dpf lasted a little over 150,000 miles. I was told by the tech that the life expectation of the dpf was between 150 and 175,000 miles.

For the first time I'm going to admit this, I removed the dpf, the egr cooler and the egr valve and have not had a bit of problems since. I now have 221,000 plus miles on the truck. I no longer haul, so the miles have not been adding up like they used to. This will probably be my last truck. It should last me forever.
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2007 Cab and Chassis, 167" wheelbase, single cab, 11.5 ft flatbed, Aisin transmission w/ e-brake, Brakesmart controller, centramatic wheel balancers, Pro-Trak 40ft GN, 220,000+ miles
Sold 2003 singlecab flatbed w/ 345,300 miles on it

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Last edited by EB; 10-11-2009 at 03:40 PM.. Reason: checked records, mileage was wrong on egr cooler

ad with your 6.7, yes or no, further down in the same topic you mention that you are not in the oilfeild anymore, typical piling on bullcheater of TDR looks like to me!! I still have my emissions eq intact. Ranch roads dont equal oil patch roads anymore either. Why did you not mention all of the problems you had with your 6.7????

[Austin Diesel]

Originally Posted by Whiteranch04

Why are you bragging, is this your post about all of the problems you have hThe egr cooler lasted 102,000 miles, developed an internal leak which caused the exhaust gas to blow all the water out of the engine. Needless to say it caused overheating problems.

The dpf lasted a little over 150,000 miles. I was told by the tech that the life expectation of the dpf was between 150 and 175,000 miles.

For the first time I'm going to admit this, I removed the dpf, the egr cooler and the egr valve and have not had a bit of problems since. I now have 221,000 plus miles on the truck. I no longer haul, so the miles have not been adding up like they used to. This will probably be my last truck. It should last me forever.
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2007 Cab and Chassis, 167" wheelbase, single cab, 11.5 ft flatbed, Aisin transmission w/ e-brake, Brakesmart controller, centramatic wheel balancers, Pro-Trak 40ft GN, 220,000+ miles
Sold 2003 singlecab flatbed w/ 345,300 miles on it

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Last edited by EB; 10-11-2009 at 03:40 PM.. Reason: checked records, mileage was wrong on egr cooler

ad with your 6.7, yes or no, further down in the same topic you mention that you are not in the oilfeild anymore, typical piling on bullcheater of TDR looks like to me!! I still have my emissions eq intact. Ranch roads dont equal oil patch roads anymore either. Why did you not mention all of the problems you had with your 6.7????

Had the white smoke problem happen due to air filter choked out also coated in oil and road grime . simple problem easily corrected

could have dropped a valve spring and holed a piston a or dropped a injector? crankcase filter filled up with oil due to pressure and blew out over exhaust manifold?

Austin Diesel

[Austin Diesel]

Originally Posted by Whiteranch04

The 2007 3500 4x4 I bought from Brown Dodge in Devine Texas produced tons of smoke from under the hood while filling up deer feeders at the ranch I have down at Woodsboro, since no dealers and the check engine light came back on and said see dealer I had to load up the lemon on a trailer and haul it 100 miles to the dealer I bought it from!! The smell was horrid and reminded me of a cat converter plugged up, by the way, last week the right front tie rod end let go at 73,000 miles down at the ranch in sand and we had a walk out due to it, it was out of stock in Corpus so had to order it in from a pleasesonton texas as a complete unit, since indivural parts were not available, remember to check your tie rods, the parts man at dodge told me this was a updated part due to many failures, thanks to God it let go at the ranch and not on the highway in traffic, the end had no grease zerk on it and was full of metal sand from not being greased!!! Another lemon episode as usuall and more downtime.!!!!

This tsb was issued long ago and your dealer was negligent not tell you about or check the truck for this was it the G30 recall ? was the warranty voided at that time ?

Tie rod upgrade/replacement should have handled it during service in your region, corpus /lithua should have caught this when it sat there for 2 weeks and installed the new parts no charge.As it should have shown up in your dealer TSB service log update files.

But without the exhaust stuff does that mean you voided the warranty long ago. you never stated that in any or all your previous e mail posts...


i would be talking to my lemon attourney about all this for reparations in time and efforts and make them take the truck back but now it modified and not in epa compliance for highway use, wait the TXDOT is about to start diesel truck inspections for compliance in 2010 also.

Did you get your custom desert hauler hummer pick up truck yet ?

[EB]

Originally Posted by Whiteranch04

Why are you bragging, is this your post about all of the problems you have hThe egr cooler lasted 102,000 miles, developed an internal leak which caused the exhaust gas to blow all the water out of the engine. Needless to say it caused overheating problems.

The dpf lasted a little over 150,000 miles. I was told by the tech that the life expectation of the dpf was between 150 and 175,000 miles.

For the first time I'm going to admit this, I removed the dpf, the egr cooler and the egr valve and have not had a bit of problems since. I now have 221,000 plus miles on the truck. I no longer haul, so the miles have not been adding up like they used to. This will probably be my last truck. It should last me forever.
__________________
2007 Cab and Chassis, 167" wheelbase, single cab, 11.5 ft flatbed, Aisin transmission w/ e-brake, Brakesmart controller, centramatic wheel balancers, Pro-Trak 40ft GN, 220,000+ miles
Sold 2003 singlecab flatbed w/ 345,300 miles on it

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Last edited by EB; 10-11-2009 at 03:40 PM.. Reason: checked records, mileage was wrong on egr cooler

ad with your 6.7, yes or no, further down in the same topic you mention that you are not in the oilfeild anymore, typical piling on bullcheater of TDR looks like to me!! I still have my emissions eq intact. Ranch roads dont equal oil patch roads anymore either. Why did you not mention all of the problems you had with your 6.7????

Every problem I've had with my truck has been noted on this forum. No, I'm not in the oilfield anymore because the work dried up around here. I do have to make a living. I will go back in a minute if things pick back up. The reason I took the dpf off is because I couldn't see spending $2200 every 18 months or so for a new one. That's what I was driving when I was in the oilfield. I pulled the rest off because I was out of warranty and yes, I had had problems with the emission equipment. It is my truck, I'm paying the bill, and, like I said, no problems since. The 6.7 is a good engine, better than the competition and without the government required emissions crap, I don't believe it can be beat.
When I had problems I came on the forum, stated what it was and what it took to fix it. I didn't b#### and moan about what a piece of crap it was. If you're that unhappy with your truck, get rid of it and get a different flavor, then you'll really have something to gripe about.

[hsmith]

This old 12 valver is really enjoying this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No dpf or egr on mine either.

[Whiteranch04]

Well went to Devine to my dealer to pick the LEMON, they replaced under warranty the converter, sensor, sensor exhaust, bypass, reflashed it and modified the tailpipe (no charge). If out of warranty over $3000, I had to pay nada.

I was charged $450 for egr valve service gasket etc.

We took off down the road and made it 30 miles to Charlotte, CEl came back on, we took it back to Brown and they got a new turbo sensor installed and we came home, wasted 3 days hauling it up and driving it back and who knows how long until it smokes up the converter again. I am going to look for delte installs and cost and different kits posts or start a new one as I am aproaching 100,000 miles and end of the factory warranty. It was sad to see the dealership as well, once it was a truck a day sold dealership, over 75 Cummins 4x4 trucks in stock all the time, now all it had were 5 cummins new trucks, some 2nd hand low milage trucks and no new jeeps but last years models, there was also empty stalls for the first time ever in the service bays, sure looks like this dealership is on its last legs, I drove by the other Dodge Dealer and they had very little stock as well as opposed to 6 months ago, guess the best thing that could have happened was that Dodge was allowed to die and be sold off in pieces. Can you imagine the resell value i have lost due to the 6.7 first year version being such a turd?? I bet instead of adding for the 6.7 in the Blue book they will deduct for the 6.7!!!LOL Like I said, beware if you have a 6.7 and drive it on a ranch and idle it at all, beware if you drive it in normal mud, the tailpipe gets so hot it will bake the mud solid and close the opening and about kill you with fumes, sad parts availability as well continues.

[AHarris]

Well went to Devine to my dealer to pick the LEMON, they replaced under warranty the converter, sensor, sensor exhaust, bypass, reflashed it and modified the tailpipe (no charge). If out of warranty over $3000, I had to pay nada.

Earlier in this thread you said you had 221K on your truck. How can a truck that lasts that long on a RANCH be considered a "lemon"?

guess the best thing that could have happened was that Dodge was allowed to die and be sold off in pieces. Can you imagine the resell value i have lost due to the 6.7 first year version being such a turd?? I bet instead of adding for the 6.7 in the Blue book they will deduct for the 6.7!!!LOL

Not sure where you get your news from, but Dodge is not dead yet. Dodge trucks and Jeeps will be the last thing that Fiat gets rid of as it restructures Chrysler...these product lines are the only profitable ones in the Chrysler portfolio.

After 2 years and 20,000 miles on my "turd" I couldn't be more pleased...100% reliable, ZERO problems, ever! 40% of that is towing a large travel trailer and about 60% is daily driver usage. My secret is I follow the advice I read from the knowledgeable folks in this forum, avoid aftermarket stuff, keep up with the latest flashes, use the EB all the time to keep the turbo clean, and follow the Dodge service intervals. Performance, reliability and a great driving truck--Sierra Hotel!

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend an 07.5 6.7L Dodge Cummins, DPF and all.

Like I said, beware if you have a 6.7 and drive it on a ranch and idle it at all, beware if you drive it in normal mud, the tailpipe gets so hot it will bake the mud solid and close the opening and about kill you with fumes, sad parts availability as well continues.

Hot tailpipes are not unique to the 6.7L Cummins. Ford and Chevy have the same hot DPFs and heat issues under the truck. Blame the LSD EPA, not Dodge, for enacting ridiculous regulations that require manufacturers to choke these engines with all this emissions crapola.

Like other posters have already mentioned: if you think Dodge sucks so much, maybe its time for you to try a different truck from Obama Motors or Ford.

[Whiteranch04]

Originally Posted by AHarris

Earlier in this thread you said you had 221K on your truck. How can a truck that lasts that long on a RANCH be considered a "lemon"?



Not sure where you get your news from, but Dodge is not dead yet. Dodge trucks and Jeeps will be the last thing that Fiat gets rid of as it restructures Chrysler...these product lines are the only profitable ones in the Chrysler portfolio.

After 2 years and 20,000 miles on my "turd" I couldn't be more pleased...100% reliable, ZERO problems, ever! 40% of that is towing a large travel trailer and about 60% is daily driver usage. My secret is I follow the advice I read from the knowledgeable folks in this forum, avoid aftermarket stuff, keep up with the latest flashes, use the EB all the time to keep the turbo clean, and follow the Dodge service intervals. Performance, reliability and a great driving truck--Sierra Hotel!

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend an 07.5 6.7L Dodge Cummins, DPF and all.



Hot tailpipes are not unique to the 6.7L Cummins. Ford and Chevy have the same hot DPFs and heat issues under the truck. Blame the LSD EPA, not Dodge, for enacting ridiculous regulations that require manufacturers to choke these engines with all this emissions crapola.

Like other posters have already mentioned: if you think Dodge sucks so much, maybe its time for you to try a different truck from Obama Motors or Ford.

I never said I had that kind of milage, you are mistaken, that was from a earler post of EB's. Sure dude, you have the same MO has eb who never really works there truck except to go get donuts or to the RV park, are you retired Navy too?? lol

[HBarlow]

Originally Posted by AHarris

Earlier in this thread you said you had 221K on your truck. How can a truck that lasts that long on a RANCH be considered a "lemon"?



Not sure where you get your news from, but Dodge is not dead yet. Dodge trucks and Jeeps will be the last thing that Fiat gets rid of as it restructures Chrysler...these product lines are the only profitable ones in the Chrysler portfolio.

After 2 years and 20,000 miles on my "turd" I couldn't be more pleased...100% reliable, ZERO problems, ever! 40% of that is towing a large travel trailer and about 60% is daily driver usage. My secret is I follow the advice I read from the knowledgeable folks in this forum, avoid aftermarket stuff, keep up with the latest flashes, use the EB all the time to keep the turbo clean, and follow the Dodge service intervals. Performance, reliability and a great driving truck--Sierra Hotel!

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend an 07.5 6.7L Dodge Cummins, DPF and all.



Hot tailpipes are not unique to the 6.7L Cummins. Ford and Chevy have the same hot DPFs and heat issues under the truck. Blame the LSD EPA, not Dodge, for enacting ridiculous regulations that require manufacturers to choke these engines with all this emissions crapola.

Like other posters have already mentioned: if you think Dodge sucks so much, maybe its time for you to try a different truck from Obama Motors or Ford.

Good post.

Mine is also troublefree @ 63,000 miles. I idle it a lot, whenever I feel like it. I have had no problems whatsoever with it and it has had one reflash, a voluntary reflash at my request, done by a TDR member Dodge dealer tech Mike Mullenax.

I enthusiastically and confidently recommend the new ISB6.7 Rams to anyone contemplating a new truck that will be used for towing or work in any invironment.

I also encourage whiners and cry babies to avoid Dodge Rams. I think their psychological make-up would make them happier with a Furd that really gives them something to whine and cry about.