Cam failures or not. How many miles have you gone?

[Treburkulosis]

2012 60k started near the tick. No real known fix in 16. I dumped a can f seafoam in the crankcas. Drove 100 miles at 60 mph. Dumped my oil Mobil 1 synthetic. Went to Castrol edge and a puralator boss filter. Same truck twice owned with the same oil ran throughout its life.

 

[WadXpress]

2014 1500 with 77k
Full Synthetic oil since new.
Started throwing a cylinder 6 misfire code
I’m gonna go and switch plugs and coil packs around. So we will see if I have a lifter/cam issue.
Anyone have a comprehensive parts list as far as gaskets and parts that may as well be replaced while it’s apart.

 

[terry littjohn]

2014 1500 with 77k
Full Synthetic oil since new.
Started throwing a cylinder 6 misfire code
I’m gonna go and switch plugs and coil packs around. So we will see if I have a lifter/cam issue.
Anyone have a comprehensive parts list as far as gaskets and parts that may as well be replaced while it’s apart.

if your gitting missfire code stop driving it now! make sure why!

 

[terry littjohn]

2011 ram 189000k/m missfire on #5 check out to be int lobe and roller locked up! castrol syntec 7000k/m oil changes. no ticks no noises! only missfire #5 code on half throttle burst!

 

[WadXpress]

if your gitting missfire code stop driving it now! make sure why!

Swapped coil and plugs to cylinder 2 from 6……. Drove 50 feet and P0306 immediately came up. It’s not looking good for me. The pics of the single plugs both came from cylinder 6. The 2 plugs in one pic were out of cylinder 2.
Always full synthetic from brand new and always 91 or 93 octane whatever was available to me.

 

[WadXpress]

How many people did a cam swap and how many have done a motor swap? I messaged a shop and they suggest a motor swap since they don't know if metal shavings have gotten into the motor

 

[RamminMopar]

132k on a rareish 2009 2500 3rd gen eagle vvt hemi and still kicking

 

[terry littjohn]

i just finished cam swap on my 2011 ram slt 2dr short bed 4x4. 189,000k/m. no sounds from the engine , stock exhaust, until misfire on #5 code was tripped! got everything from rockauto enginetech lifters, gaskets, timing set,VVT solinod with mopar factory cam. left block in, removed base pan heads flushed block best i could with varasol through pressure sprayer. engine start ran great haven`t made it`s maden voyage until i get some rear suspension work done.

 

[randysgarage]

My 2014 ate a lifter at 180,000 and now some other knocking sound from the bell housing inspection plate. The knocking can only be heard from idle to 1200ish RPM. Any info on that knocking sound would be awesome.

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Could be the flex plate to the torque converter stud /nuts being loose. I’ve seen it happen on a lot of different vehicles. Pull the inspection cover, rotate the engine until you can check them all

 

[PJ Snyder]

I’m nearing 80k miles on my 2014 Ram Hemi and the cam/lifter failures I have read about concern me going forward.

Please list your mileage currently, failure mileage if you had it and mfg year. I’m hoping to read some no issues responses over 100k miles!

Is this blown out of proportion about the cam/lifter failures?

I have an '04 Hemi Ram 5.7 with 105,000. I have had no engine problems or Hemi ticks. I change oil around 3000 miles with QSUD and the engine runs great.

 

[huntergreen]

I don't have facts and figures, but have you owned it since new? Changed oil/filter at reasonable intervals and don't idle it excessively?

I would think if she's been silent for ~8yrs and 80K, you should be able to expect 120-140K miles out of it. I think we have some high mileage later model Ram hemis out there, but nothing crazy it seems.

kind of low expectations ? I expect 200000 miles out of vehicles these days.

 

[PoMansRam]

kind of low expectations ? I expect 200000 miles out of vehicles these days.

You're right on that. 200K out of a power-train should be reasonable and may very well be for a Ram 1500 hemi as well. I tend to aim low living in the rust belt where things can be beyond repair in 10yrs.

 

[huntergreen]

You're right on that. 200K out of a power-train should be reasonable and may very well be for a Ram 1500 hemi as well. I tend to aim low living in the rust belt where things can be beyond repair in 10yrs.

I’m in the rust belt also, north jersey.

 

[Burla]

i just finished cam swap on my 2011 ram slt 2dr short bed 4x4. 189,000k/m. no sounds from the engine , stock exhaust, until misfire on #5 code was tripped! got everything from rockauto enginetech lifters, gaskets, timing set,VVT solinod with mopar factory cam. left block in, removed base pan heads flushed block best i could with varasol through pressure sprayer. engine start ran great haven`t made it`s maden voyage until i get some rear suspension work done.

We know most cams that get wiped happen between 70-130k miles (If they are going to be Wiped), so that engine served you well. It is too bad they really never solved this weakness, but it highlights the fact auto manu's don't really care how long your engine lasts past warranty mileage, in fact there is a large incentive to make sure those engines don't run much longer past that. Their business model requires repeat business. I call 189k miles a big win, if I get that I am happy, especially since I would have to live to be 100 to get that much mileage at my current rate of driving

 

[terry littjohn]

yes! it`s the first major trouble i had with this truck! i tended too keep my rigs for a long time!! got 3000km on it since the cam replacement, she`s running great except for injector noise, that i never had before the cam work. i remove all the injectors and flushed them. the noise went away for a day or so but returned. i am wondering if the injectors are just worn out with 190,000km on them??

 

[ctwalton15]

2009 1500 5.7l. Cam seems to be wiped out. Misfire on cyl 1 after 4K rpms. Owned the truck since 130k about 6 months now. Started at about 135k miles. Now at 140k. I have little tick sounds like from my exhaust manifold but doesn’t seem to be seized lifter. Kinda annoyed and just fed up with the pos at this point.

 

[CanRebel]

Rebel still new. so no issues.

Company I work for. Use to have small fleet of 1500/2500 switch to Ford just because of price, no other reason.

Had max of 250+ of them. 2005/2006 range. At all times we had 150 though.
(Had some older ones, but they weren't hemi's, they were diesel)
We also had/have vans, around 120 of them(not hemi's)

Some of 2500's were diesel.

1/4 of them had manifold bolt issue.
4-5 of them had cam/lifter issue.
All of them had way over 150k.

At least once a month, one or two trucks were 'lost'. Would be found either out of gas and/or still idle.

People driving them, abused them.

At least 10-12 of them could have had 3 oil changes before they actually did.
We used the cheapest bulk oil, we could purchase.

Sometimes they would run out. Would take 'used' oil from different truck and mix it with some new.
This happened often.

80-85% of the time, they were towing something. Usually large truck wheels, or other parts.

30 of 1500's were legally converted to tow higher in Canada only. Often they were still overloaded.

From my experience. Seen more issues with people, who used high end oil, who changed it often, and drove 'slow'

Biggest issues with Trucks we had, besides drivers beating them up and racing with them. Batteries and tires.

 

[MOPAR78]

As of today, 322,402. Still running strong and racking up the miles!

 

[johnwayne]

Well. I have been religious with oil changes. I am up here in canada. I change oil every 4000km with penzoil ultra platinum. I maintain the heck out of this truck. I floored it on the highway last week. Kaboom. Camshaft and lifters failed 166000km not sure what that is in miles. Also dealership fixed it $7200 canadian so about 5k usd. 2 year parts and labour warranty though so it better be ok now

 

[Funkychateau]

Mine is a 2014 5.7 Lonestar with 8-speed. Current mileage is 223,000. It doesn’t need oil between changes (8,000 mile interval). I’m on my second purchased set of tires. Originals and first replacements both lasted about 90,000 miles. Original rear brake pads still look OK. Replaced plugs last week, but originals looked clean and good. Gaps were not opened up noticeably.

Here are my repair/failure notes:

79,000 - Left front spindle bearing failure (replaced whole spindle)

110,000 - Fuel sending unit failed. Bridged wires with 330-ohm resistor to simulate half-tank. Won’t do anything else until I replace the fuel pump.

130,000 - First noticed transmission shudder on low-gear upshifts. Has slowly worsened over the years. Fluid and filter changed around 200,000.

150,000 - Right front spindle bearing failure (replaced whole spindle). I had similar failures on my 2003, losing both front spindles by 150,000.

200,000(?) - First sign of engine noise/tick. Happened after switching to a “high mileage” synthetic lube. Oil pressure also dropped from 55 to 40. Switched back to standard synthetic and oil pressure came back up. Engine got quieter, and only ticked below 1000 RPM.

205,000 - Original front brakes almost gone, replaced with Bosch Blue. Rears still look OK.

220,000 - Getting “cylinder 2 misfire” codes regularly. Noticed loss of power (downshifts to maintain highway speed on very slight uphill grades), but fuel economy is still good if I drive manually to avoid downshifts.