2013 Ram 5.7 with nearly 300,000 miles

[MAJ_Charlie]

I thought the same thing too, Quick_Shifter, but then again...probably wants to get a newer one like the OP does. As far as the pictures...I noticed at the end he listed these were pictures of his O3.

RPMRamFury, I'm just under 244k on mine. Not the original engine, but still the original tranny. I've actually put 73k on it in the last two years...lots of road trips. I'm very curious what the service life on the 65RFE tranny is. So many things to consider...maintenance history, what's been replaced already...any accident history...etc. Just food for thought.

 

[Docwagon1776]

Miles are miles guys. The engine is burning fuel and rotating in all situations. Highway is NOT better, as the engine is under torque full time, where city driving it idles which can be less taxing. But then acceleration... So basically they are equal in the end. Thinking different about this is not thinking.

300K? Wouldn't that make it about $1000 in value? I'd buy it for $1000, but not much more.

Well, except when a vehicle is idling it isn't putting any miles on the odometer. An hour of idling puts zero miles on the vehicle but an hour's worth of wear on the engine. I'm going to assume anyone "thinking" will realize that a motor with equal miles but unequal hours isn't going to have the same amount of wear. Or that driving 70 miles in 2nd gear results in many more revolutions of the motor (so more rings scraping cylinder walls, more flexing of valve springs, etc. etc.) then driving 70 miles in your top gear.

Simply put, your engine is doing more work to drive the same number of miles, which is why it uses more fuel per mile under those conditions. Work is what wears out components.

Then add in that the engine isn't the entire vehicle. The loading and unloading of the drive train, the taxing of the cooling system as fans run to stimulate air flow as the vehicle isn't moving fast enough to get enough naturally, the energy absorbed by the braking system during stop and go...

C'mon. Of course city and highway miles are different.

 

[jack67]

This is great info... how do I find the engine hours on my 2014 Ram 1500 with a tad over 60K on it?

Please answer my question.

 

[Docwagon1776]

Please answer my question.

Look in your owner's manual. It varies based on which display you have. Some it's as simple as scrolling through info screen, some you have to put the ignition in "run" without starting it and push a sequence of buttons to get it to display.

 

[kurek]

On my '15 Tradesman with the black-and-white 3" LCD between the speedometer and tach I use the little arrow buttons on the left side of the steering wheel to navigate through the vehicle info screens, one of them is hours of service. Hidden in plain sight

 

[BWL]

Please answer my question.

I did. Quoted you and showed you on 2nd to last post page 2 of this thread.

 

[jack67]

Just scroll down to vehicle info and then right until engine hours is displayedView attachment 233686

Ah, sorry, I missed that. I'm going outside right now to try it.

 

[indept]

View attachment 233364 View attachment 233365 View attachment 233366 Not pretty after 23 years, been sitting last 3 years because of newer truck, but would clean it up and wouldn't be afraid to drive it anywhere.

Looks like new...
Can't complain. Got your moneys worth out of that.

 

[indept]

Miles are miles guys. The engine is burning fuel and rotating in all situations. Highway is NOT better, as the engine is under torque full time, where city driving it idles which can be less taxing. But then acceleration... So basically they are equal in the end. Thinking different about this is not thinking.

300K? Wouldn't that make it about $1000 in value? I'd buy it for $1000, but not much more.

You'll get a lot of argument there.
Engine is under more torque when driving city. Highway us lower torque once you're up to speed where in city driving engine is under a lot of torque when accelerating from a light or stop sign. Also the trans is constantly shifting in city. Highway is easier on engine, trans and brakes.

 

[Narg]

You'll get a lot of argument there.
Engine is under more torque when driving city. Highway us lower torque once you're up to speed where in city driving engine is under a lot of torque when accelerating from a light or stop sign. Also the trans is constantly shifting in city. Highway is easier on engine, trans and brakes.

Wrong, at around 40mph the torque is FAR lower than at 70mph. It takes a heck of a lot of torque to pull a large vehicle through the wind. And lots of shifts on the highway too if you traverse hills, and strong head wind. And nobody says you have to hammer the gas peddle at each stop light either. You are correct on brakes, but that's an easy maintenance item.

In the end, they are about equal overall.

My father was a highly regarded metal fatigue expert, worked as an engineer for the US Air Force. His expertise was in engine wear and failure. He knows engine wear and fatigue far more than anyone. What matters to an engine wear more than anything is hours, not typical use. Just hours. So, my knowledge is from a real world expert on this subject.

BTW, this is one reason most truck displays have an engine hours counter...

 

[2012RAM1500RT]

For me it isn't rocket science, it's just common sense. I'll take the vehicle that's been highway driven any day. To each his own, you can have the city driven vehicles.

 

[Harry Paratestes]

that’s not a 2013 in your pictures. I would pass that deal don’t be blinded by how clean it it. It will certainly nickel and dime you. Dude wouldn’t be selling it if it was that great

Its not in my pictures. Its one for sale. He is selling because the company he works for now pays for a vehicle for him to travel in. The deal is since they are paying for it they gave him a suv so he has no use for the truck anymore

 

[Harry Paratestes]

For me it isn't rocket science, it's just common sense. I'll take the vehicle that's been highway driven any day. To each his own, you can have the city driven vehicles.

Im with you there. I ended up going to look at a longhorn edition 2012 Ram. The guy told me he was the second owner and it had 13000 miles when he bought it at 6 months old. It has 250,000 miles and garaged its entire life. I am now the new owner. According to all the maintenance records and what he told me, it has the original drivetrain so i guess we will see how reliable it is. I paid $7600 for it.

It has the original struts and shocks so I want to replace those right away. I was looking on eBay and found this https://www.ebay.com/p/574765960

Are these any good for the price? Seems almost too cheap? If these are not good what do you guys suggest?

The tires are 1/4 tread but i have some new bfg all terrains for it that are going on...

What do you guys think of it?

 

[2012RAM1500RT]

To me you have a very nice truck, looks great , hard to believe it has that many miles. As for the struts I'd say if you put a lot of miles on it I'd have to think on it. If you you don't put a lot of miles on it why pay a lot for them. They may be cheaply made but look at where the high price name brands are made also, I get surprised a lot where the high priced stuff comes from.

 

[Docwagon1776]

Miles are miles guys.

What matters to an engine wear more than anything is hours, not typical use. Just hours. So, my knowledge is from a real world expert on this subject.

Those are exactly opposite arguments. City driving racks up more hours per mile driven, so miles are not all the same if what really matters is hours.

And, again, the motor isn't the entirety of a vehicle.

 

[Quick_Shifter]

Its not in my pictures. Its one for sale. He is selling because the company he works for now pays for a vehicle for him to travel in. The deal is since they are paying for it they gave him a suv so he has no use for the truck anymore

yeah someone else noted that it was my mistake I didn’t read the whole thing.

 

[jack67]

Just scroll down to vehicle info and then right until engine hours is displayedView attachment 233686

I went out to find it and indeed it's there. Is the reading good or bad? I see I need to clean the glass...

 

[BWL]

I went out to find it and indeed it's there. Is the reading good or bad? I see I need to clean the glass...
View attachment 233958

I wouldn't say good or bad. It's around 22 miles per engine hour so more typical of a city driver. Mine is closer to 38 more typical of a highway commuter.

 

[jack67]

I wouldn't say good or bad. It's around 22 miles per engine hour so more typical of a city driver. Mine is closer to 38 more typical of a highway commuter.

How did you calculate that?

 

[BWL]

How did you calculate that?

58344 miles on the odometer, 2662 engine hours. 58344÷2662=21.9