2016 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn 4x4 Ecodiesel

[Shaun Hoisington]

this is my new to me 2016 Ram 1500 Longhorn Diesel. so far im loving it.. its already been deleted, tuned, straight piped. lifted, amp steps.. i do want to find a decent bed cover for the ram box bed... Also need to get some new tires..

 

[andymax]

Nice! Welcome!

 

[Shaun Hoisington]

Nice! Welcome!

thanks.. i have wanted a Ram forever and i really love the eco diesel so far.

 

[Shaun Hoisington]

it sits well with my 73 plum crazy purple charger

 

[andymax]

I agree!!! Nice car!! Restomod?

 

[Timmerduder]

Recently got my new to me 2016 EcoDiesel Outdoorsman. Loving mine as well, I'm in Oregon.

 

[TC]

Just my opinion. you need to sale that POS as soon as you can recoup your $. I bought one, drove it for 18 months without any issues but traded to a hemi because the 3.0 liter engine is not reliable. I got lucky and sold it for the same amount as I paid due to covid supply demand market. These engines have a 15% failure rate maybe higher. Crank shafts are too short to manage torque at low rpm. Being deleted is a plus but still a risk. You may have good luck with it and I hope you do but odds are it will self destruct. Dont shoot the messenger.

 

[Timmerduder]

I actually researched it quite a bit and have had a 21 power wagon with a 6.4 hemi as well as a '08 hemi 5.7 mega cab. The failure rate doesn't seem too bad compared to the others, the big kicker I'm seeing is that people aren't changing the oil correctly and running the motors dry... That being said, there's several out there with 300K and many with 200k. At my one or 2K a year. I'm happy forever lol. Nice to be retired.

 

[Timmerduder]

Thinking out loud, it was pretty nice getting 20 plus miles per gallon today with 35-in tires... Did a favor for a daughter-in-law which made it even better

 

[GTyankee]

My 2016 Ram SLT 1500 Eco-diesel
was built in December 2015
when it left the factory, it had the light weight motor oil in it
I drove it back to Connecticut & while i was enroute, FCA decided that the 3.0L ecodiesel needed heavier Motor Oil.
I got back to Connecticut & went to a Jeep Dealership, i mentioned the SAE change & they had not yet changed any of their Eco-Diesel engines over to the new SAE weight.

So they double checked everything & made the switch for me, my mileage had to be right around 3,300 miles, when the switch was made.

I have only had 3 or 4 Recalls done, nothing else has been done to it.
I take that back, i replaced the tires & shock absorbers

 

[Timmerduder]

How many miles now?

 

[Cummins diesel]

I would tend to agree with the people that said to sell it and buy something else. The failure rate might not be that high but if you have one engine go out that’s right at $15,000 to put a new one in. I had a 2016 1500 Eco diesel that I bought with 104,000 miles and 133,000 the engine went out I don’t know what the maintenance was up until I bought it, but after I got it, I ran Rotella T6 full synthetic. I put a new engine in it and put about 4000 miles on it but just didn’t trust it anymore so I sold it. Mine was not run low on oil at any point after I owned it.

I actually researched it quite a bit and have had a 21 power wagon with a 6.4 hemi as well as a '08 hemi 5.7 mega cab. The failure rate doesn't seem too bad compared to the others, the big kicker I'm seeing is that people aren't changing the oil correctly and running the motors dry... That being said, there's several out there with 300K and many with 200k. At my one or 2K a year. I'm happy forever lol. Nice to be retired.

 

[GTyankee]

I have not put many miles on it in the last 4 years
i have been seeing 6 or 7 Specialists in the Medical Field, all Doctors

I had been driving 15,000 miles a year before that
Almost all of that was driving on Major Highways
Speeds of 65 to 80 + MPH