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[Rod Knock]

Ram can't be that stupid

Yes, they can.

I have not seen evidence that they are closed at high temps, just speculation.

How many DS trucks equipped with the HEMI and 8HP70 have you driven? I have seen plenty of evidence of cooking engines, both with the EcoDiesel and HEMI.

I was going to get my mechanic to put in an oil cooler but apparently all 5th gens already come with heavy duty cooling as standard.

You have an oil heat exchanger installed from the factory, not a cooler. The DT trucks are built and programmed differently. RAM never bothered to provide updates to correct the problem in DS trucks. I know, as I had a Tech Authority subscription, so I painstakingly checked every service bulletin and recall.

We've been through this extensively

I can't wait to do it all over again. Maybe the @Wild one wants to join in.

 

[ramffml]

I can't wait to do it all over again.

I can't wait for you to block me again. I liked it better that way to be honest.

 

[Rod Knock]

I can't wait for you to block me again. I liked it better that way to be honest.

Unfortunately, you're the one who's getting himself into trouble when others try to help you. You've been nothing but nasty to the @Wild one, while he tried to genuinely help you.

 

[Wild one]

I have read all the threads on this and I think Ram can be that stupid. I feel they do stay closed at speed for that ever popular (if not imagined) fuel mileage savings. I see that the shutters do not cover the bottom 1/3 or less of the shutter assembly so the electric fan can kick in and pull more air when the shutters are closed. I would rather have more air flow than that provides. Given that people have seen they are not on many of the newer trucks or any of the older ones leads me to believe that they are just not required. Possibly an experiment that they are moving away from. I intend to keep the stock thermostat because we get real winter here. If I have issues next winter I will put the shutters back in but I don't think that will happen.

The 4th Gen Warlocks don't have the shutters Shaun. It makes you wonder why they're still employed on the other 4th Gen trim levels

 

[Wild one]

Unfortunately you're the one who's getting gimself into trouble when others try to help help you. You've been nothing but nasty to the @Wild one, while he tried to genuinely help you.

I gave up dealing with him,my head was starting to get sore from beating it against a brickwall,lol

 

[Rod Knock]

It makes you wonder why they're still employed on the other 4th Gen trim levels

I will put my tinfoil hat on and say that they're still using them to shorten the engine's life. It has nothing to do with emissions or efficiency.

 

[ramffml]

Unfortunately, you're the one who's getting himself into trouble when others try to help you. You've been nothing but nasty to the @Wild one, while he tried to genuinely help you.

lol, if you've been here long enough you know that wild one is more than capable of speaking up for himself and will dish it out like candy. You're adding nothing but drama at this point. Just move on.

 

[Wild one]

lol, if you've been here long enough you know that wild one is more than capable of speaking up for himself and will dish it out like candy. You're adding nothing but drama at this point. Just move on.

I also get tired of beating my head against a wall. You've caused your fair share of head aches,lol

 

[Rod Knock]

Just move on.

I believe we all moved on, except for you, as you keep bringing up the old issues, not me or the @Wild one.

 

[ramffml]

I believe we all moved on, except for you, as you keep bringing up the old issues, not me or the @Wild one.

That's why you keep replying to me despite your promise that you blocked me. One tires of hoping.

 

[ramffml]

I also get tired of beating my head against a wall. You've caused your fair share of head aches,lol

Apparently you bruise easily

 

[Rod Knock]

That's why you keep replying to me despite your promise that you blocked me. One tires of hoping.

lol, if you've been here long enough you know that wild one is more than capable of speaking up for himself and will dish it out like candy. You're adding nothing but drama at this point. Just move on.

Apparently you bruise easily

Passive-aggressive behaviors are those that involve acting indirectly aggressive rather than directly aggressive. Passive-aggressive people regularly exhibit resistance to requests or demands from family and other individuals often by procrastinating, expressing sullenness, or acting stubborn. If you treat us here the way you do, I'd hate to see how you treat people in real life.

 

[rule18]

Knock it off, or I can do it for you.

 

[Travis8352]

I will put my tinfoil hat on and say that they're still using them to shorten the engine's life. It has nothing to do with emissions or efficiency.

I think its the trifecta for fca. Higher temps lower emissions and thinner oil leading to better fuel economy. Hot engine thin oil cam and lifter fails dealer offers great price for a trade on a new truck with the same failure

 

[Hemi395]

I mean I guess one advantage to having the 6 speed is no grill shutters

 

[Burla]

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[Rod Knock]

Who would like a 5W-30 that flows at crazy low temperatures (around -60C), can be run year-round, and has so much Moly that you don't even need working rollers at the end of your lifters, just working lifters.

It's streable, emissions friendly, and can be run for up 10K miles.

Here it is:

 

[Jim BB]

i use Castrol and a 1/4 of a bottle of LUCAS oil additive ! reason is use to drive big truck and used it in that never a lick of trouble. put it in my son's dodge neon he is not mechanically inclined ran it out of oil told me one night the little genie lamp like light was on ! i went checked oil and found it was empty ! so i thought damage was done so i drove it to work never made a sound ! drained the oil like a drop changed filter put oil and lucas back in it and drove it for another 3yrs never smoked or made a sound and run like a champ !! that sold me on the stuff ! thats what i do all the time now on evey engine i own !

 

[Rod Knock]

i use Castrol and a 1/4 of a bottle of LUCAS oil additive !

A friend of mine blew two turbos within 300K miles in his Cummins N14 because he was using two to four gallons of Lucas per oil change (14-gallon sump). Took a lot of convincing to get him to give up that garbage when he got his third turbo.

If you can explain what Lucas Heavy Duty Oil Stabilizer does exactly, I'm willing to keep an open mind and try it.

Good luck!

 

[Travis8352]

Mite as well run gear oil over lucas