how many hours does it take to according to the labor guide to replace cam and lifters? are then any special tools needed? just preparing for the worst. I spent a few hours researching information about the 5.7 hemi this morning. it seems that the issue is there is not enough oil being splashed onto the cam at idle because of the distance it is located above the crank assembly then because of the angle and placement of the lifters the oil does not drip down on the cam but instead it drops just outside the cam circle. why didnt ram stand behind this issue? it appears to be a major issue with the 5.7. Even if I do a cam lifter replacement what is to keep it from happening again?
I will replace the fuel injector on #5 before i remove the valve cover but only because the issue started almost immediately after I filled up with fuel. I know its a long shot.
I may go look at other trucks later today. Does the 6.4 have the same issues?
Thanks
Rod
Quite wasting time on "Maybe's" and deal with wha tyou got.
Diagnose it, if you cannot, then pay someone.
Lift teh valve cover and see if that lobe is mosing the lifter. if it is, then that ain;t your problem adn your truly wasting energy adn daylight on what is NOT the Problem.
figure out teh problem, then do your due diligence on the actual issue.
FWIW< MIles, Age, Babying it, none of that means Jack Shack.
Babies die of Cancer.
Bad Things happen to good people.
Called LIfe.
Driving it around the 'Burbs, stop and go, is just as bad, if not worse,
then rolling down the interstate, all day long, at speed.
Noen if which means again, Jack Shack to us.
We help deal with, The PRoblem.
not how it got there.
How it got there,
rarely matters,
nearly as much,
as what is going on.
Not trying to make you mad, or tick you off,
far from it.trying to get, as much pertinate info,
as possible, to figure out best course of action,
to deal with this issue.
It;s what we like to do.
We;re a bunch dumbarses.
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