BinaryData
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2018
- Posts
- 165
- Reaction score
- 72
- Location
- Washington State
- Ram Year
- 2009
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
It's been awhile since I've been on here with truck questions, life has been good and up until now, I haven't had any major truck problems. Figures life would sucker punch me like this, haha. Since I joined this forums ages ago, my life has changed quite a lot and in a great way. To give some backstory of how I got to this situation, it's story time!
Back in 2020 my 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi decided to move from 8cyl to 7cyl all on its own. I have no idea how it decided to this, but it did. This lead me to getting a re-manufactured engine. I was under the impression that when an engine was re-manufactured, new parts were being used. Turns out, that isn't the case at all. Fast forward to now, I took my truck into the shop for an oil change, and was informed I needed to replace my Rear Main Seal in the near future, and have work done on my differential. When I told my brother what was going on, all I heard was swearing that would make a sailor blush.
Now I have questions;
1. Is this worth it to fix?
2. What kind of costs am I looking at? (
3. Does the seal affect the operation of the transmission? (I ask because I have higher than usual RPMs and shifting is delayed quite a bit)
4. How long am I looking at being in the shop for, if Question #1 is a yes.
5. Is it worth it for the differential to be worked on? Same questions above are applied.
I drive an hour to and from work, a total of 102 miles per day, 4 days a week and recently, it's been 5 days a week. I had originally planned on getting a motorcycle, but that doesn't help me now that winter is rapidly approaching and it's supposedly going to be a wild one. I live in the Pacific Northwest (Washington State), winters can be real ugly here.
I've been wanting to get a new vehicle for some time, for reasons above and more. I'm 6'4", 350lbs. I'm not a small person, and cars aren't really comfortable to me. I'd prefer a truck due to where I live but I'd like to get everyones thoughts before I dive down the rabbit hole of new vehicles.
Back in 2020 my 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi decided to move from 8cyl to 7cyl all on its own. I have no idea how it decided to this, but it did. This lead me to getting a re-manufactured engine. I was under the impression that when an engine was re-manufactured, new parts were being used. Turns out, that isn't the case at all. Fast forward to now, I took my truck into the shop for an oil change, and was informed I needed to replace my Rear Main Seal in the near future, and have work done on my differential. When I told my brother what was going on, all I heard was swearing that would make a sailor blush.
Now I have questions;
1. Is this worth it to fix?
2. What kind of costs am I looking at? (
3. Does the seal affect the operation of the transmission? (I ask because I have higher than usual RPMs and shifting is delayed quite a bit)
4. How long am I looking at being in the shop for, if Question #1 is a yes.
5. Is it worth it for the differential to be worked on? Same questions above are applied.
I drive an hour to and from work, a total of 102 miles per day, 4 days a week and recently, it's been 5 days a week. I had originally planned on getting a motorcycle, but that doesn't help me now that winter is rapidly approaching and it's supposedly going to be a wild one. I live in the Pacific Northwest (Washington State), winters can be real ugly here.
I've been wanting to get a new vehicle for some time, for reasons above and more. I'm 6'4", 350lbs. I'm not a small person, and cars aren't really comfortable to me. I'd prefer a truck due to where I live but I'd like to get everyones thoughts before I dive down the rabbit hole of new vehicles.