Hey Everyone I am new here
My name is Kris
I have been a Powerstroke guy for a good while , I run a few f450s for my Rv company and recently ( About 8 months ago) Got a 2018 ram 3500 Dually.
When i got it it had 120k miles on it seemed to be a work truck but was the laramie package( Weird thing is it only says in in the dash when starting) Has all kinds of nice features. Ill post the vin later. 6.7 with the aisin
About 2 weeks into owning it I took it into my Dealer to do a oil and fuel filter change as the truck was new to me. When i went to pick it up i talked to the guy who did the work. he told me it was deleted and had some work done to it and it seemed to be done "Good" from what i understood and not just behind joes garage door.
The truck constantly would blow black smoke and it was something I did not like. Over the first 5k miles it would bog down hard pulling my camper till it was hot. Puff a large black cloud and than finally boost and take off. Mind you I do not 8k rpm this truck I try to take off smooth and not hurt the truck as my camper is 11k pounds.
I noticed a hole in the dash that was missing. Took it to another diesel guy who said I had a tuner on it at one point but it was removed and my truck was most likely stuck in a high tune ( reason for the smoke) and I would need to get a new tune for it to solve the bog and smoke issues. I spent 2k on a race me ultra which he claimed he tuned himself( another story.) Which included tuning my Aisin which googles says cant be tuned. Once I got the tune I drove the truck home. Seemed to have more response but no massive smoke anymore but the truck was operating temp when I picked it up so I could not test the bog down from take off. The next day the truck was taken out of my warehouse and driving in my complex. It immediately did the same thing if not worse. Called shop and basically ghosted. Ive been running the Raceme ultra for about 20k miles and its on tow when towing and i think its street or option 3 of 5 when driving around.
Yesterday going up a hill with my landscape trailer and one 4 wheeler I got two codes. One for transmission pressure and one for turbo P0868 and U010c I noticed no difference in driving. I have erased the codes and will be driving it tomorrow to see if they come back.
Ok sorry for the story here's the problems i want to try to figure out and fix
1. The truck surges when cold and is very touchy on the pedal till warm.
2. The truck shifts really hard from Park to Drive or from park to reverse. From other local guys who own the same truck with this aisin they said its a hard hitting transmission but its scary. I had the fluid serviced and there was no shavings or burnt in the fluid they said but it did have a aftermarket deep pan added.
3. The bogging down and smoke are a constant pain. I feel like ive got a clogged injector or something, the truck feels like a **** in low rpm but if you get onto it its a monster.
4. If you are doing about 50 mph and slightly going up a hill it feels like it wants to down shifts but keeps holding the gear unless you raise the rpm from 3000 to 4000 and it *****. No banging and shifts smooth. Almost like it wants to be forced.
5. The owner put LED everything outside and i get constant Warnings the lights are out. Is there anything I can do to fix that?
6. The truck has 35" BFGs on it and I dont know if the speedo was ever redone or if it needs to be?
7. Is there any general things i should be doing to the truck like fuel additives or cleaning inside the engine bay sinces its deleted? Its my first deleted truck and honestly my 06 6.0 Seems to be a smoother running truck with more power and that makes no sense to me.
I am in the Atlanta Area and if you guys know a good shop I can take it too please let me know. Please dont recommend Lead foot diesel or Insane irish diesel .
Sorry if this is a ramble I am not a good typer! Ill upload some pictures soon
My name is Kris
I have been a Powerstroke guy for a good while , I run a few f450s for my Rv company and recently ( About 8 months ago) Got a 2018 ram 3500 Dually.
When i got it it had 120k miles on it seemed to be a work truck but was the laramie package( Weird thing is it only says in in the dash when starting) Has all kinds of nice features. Ill post the vin later. 6.7 with the aisin
About 2 weeks into owning it I took it into my Dealer to do a oil and fuel filter change as the truck was new to me. When i went to pick it up i talked to the guy who did the work. he told me it was deleted and had some work done to it and it seemed to be done "Good" from what i understood and not just behind joes garage door.
The truck constantly would blow black smoke and it was something I did not like. Over the first 5k miles it would bog down hard pulling my camper till it was hot. Puff a large black cloud and than finally boost and take off. Mind you I do not 8k rpm this truck I try to take off smooth and not hurt the truck as my camper is 11k pounds.
I noticed a hole in the dash that was missing. Took it to another diesel guy who said I had a tuner on it at one point but it was removed and my truck was most likely stuck in a high tune ( reason for the smoke) and I would need to get a new tune for it to solve the bog and smoke issues. I spent 2k on a race me ultra which he claimed he tuned himself( another story.) Which included tuning my Aisin which googles says cant be tuned. Once I got the tune I drove the truck home. Seemed to have more response but no massive smoke anymore but the truck was operating temp when I picked it up so I could not test the bog down from take off. The next day the truck was taken out of my warehouse and driving in my complex. It immediately did the same thing if not worse. Called shop and basically ghosted. Ive been running the Raceme ultra for about 20k miles and its on tow when towing and i think its street or option 3 of 5 when driving around.
Yesterday going up a hill with my landscape trailer and one 4 wheeler I got two codes. One for transmission pressure and one for turbo P0868 and U010c I noticed no difference in driving. I have erased the codes and will be driving it tomorrow to see if they come back.
Ok sorry for the story here's the problems i want to try to figure out and fix
1. The truck surges when cold and is very touchy on the pedal till warm.
2. The truck shifts really hard from Park to Drive or from park to reverse. From other local guys who own the same truck with this aisin they said its a hard hitting transmission but its scary. I had the fluid serviced and there was no shavings or burnt in the fluid they said but it did have a aftermarket deep pan added.
3. The bogging down and smoke are a constant pain. I feel like ive got a clogged injector or something, the truck feels like a **** in low rpm but if you get onto it its a monster.
4. If you are doing about 50 mph and slightly going up a hill it feels like it wants to down shifts but keeps holding the gear unless you raise the rpm from 3000 to 4000 and it *****. No banging and shifts smooth. Almost like it wants to be forced.
5. The owner put LED everything outside and i get constant Warnings the lights are out. Is there anything I can do to fix that?
6. The truck has 35" BFGs on it and I dont know if the speedo was ever redone or if it needs to be?
7. Is there any general things i should be doing to the truck like fuel additives or cleaning inside the engine bay sinces its deleted? Its my first deleted truck and honestly my 06 6.0 Seems to be a smoother running truck with more power and that makes no sense to me.
I am in the Atlanta Area and if you guys know a good shop I can take it too please let me know. Please dont recommend Lead foot diesel or Insane irish diesel .
Sorry if this is a ramble I am not a good typer! Ill upload some pictures soon