I have a 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 with the 5.7 hemi. I know this year is famous for this issue.
I had a cylinder 3 misfire code. I took it in to get it diagnosed and have a bad lifter and cam shaft.
The vehicle is in great shape with only 134,000 miles.
Is it worth just changing out the lifters and cam shaft? or get a re-manufactured engine to replace?
I have a 2011 too. The engine is worth fixing. Mine has 165k miles on it and the only thing on the engine i have replaced is an exhaust manifold. It is a great drive train.
But...for some reason Dodge has decided to stop producing parts for a lot of their vehicles. Especially since Fiat bought them......... They do not make the fuse box. No biggie? in their infinite wisdom they incorporated the fuel pump relay into the box itself. When it goes bad, you have to replace the whole box...which they no longer make...........My power steering pump went bad. Not making them anymore and the aftermarket ones do not have the pully. Had to drive over 100 miles to a dealership that had one left............my AC control panel went bad. Not making them anymore. You have to fish junkyards for a used one and hope it works. I can not recommend keeping a truck where parts are hard to come by.
It is not just the 2011/12 trucks either. The input shaft on my 2016 challenger manual transmission ate the pilot bushing. Dodge does not make the input shaft...on a transmission they still used up until 2020. No stock, no aftermarket solutions. Junkyard or machine shop or buy a whole new transmission...........My brother has a transmission shop. Someone brought in a 2020 hellcat with a cracked bell housing. Dodge does not make the housing or a lot of the internal parts. 7k for another transmission from Dodge or junkyard unit for what should have been a 1500 dollar repair on any other vehicle. To be fair, it was a POS. Wrecked and put back together. But that is what you will all eventually face unless you trade in your car every 3 or 4 years.
So, i would recommend doing as little as possible to get the engine running and sell it. My 2011 has plastic parts falling apart on it regularly. Windshield washer sprayers, hoses, emissions parts, etc. Not a biggie.....if i can get the parts. Not going to keep a vehicle i can not get replacement parts for.