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Great example and real world point. I watched a documentary on Deming. "He" flipped the quality issue on Japanese cars. Great reminder. Doubt that the managers running the big 3 today even know of him. They certainly don't give a damn about quality. It is all about economic value. Today, they believe quality has no value. The consumer buying habits have convinced them that what counts is style, price and I want it now.And they don't need to invent the QC methods, W. Edwards Deming handed it out years ago, right after WWII. He tried to sell GM, Ford, et al on it but then like GM said, "They'll buy it anyway". So he took his methods to the Japanese mfgr's. They accepted his method of statistical sampling and it made them into top quality producers. I am old enough to remember laughing about the cheap crap that came out Japan in the 1950's before the Deming Method got fully implemented. His motto: "Quality is free". One of Japan's top mfgr's quality awards is the "Deming Award". This is old news.
"Hello McFly!!!!" Uhhh you bought a FIAT, And you are surprised?
But if the bearing is going out , you may be getting some then? 5/20, 5/30 will not make a different I would think, if you have a noisy lifter, it is screwed already, heavy oil will not fix it.EXACTLY apples and oranges. He even states about the valve lash causing the hammering - hydraulic lifters have no lash.
Comments like this get old. Just Stupid.
Owner's Manual states:
Engine Oil – 5.7L Engine For 1500 trucks:
RAM 1500 5.7 HEMI use 5W-20
Engine Oil – 5.7L Engine For 2500/3500 trucks operating under a gross combined weight rating greater than 14,000 lbs/(6,350 kg.):
Ram 2500 5.7 HEMI use 5W-30
Ram 3500 5.7 HEMI use 5W-30
For the same 5.7 HEMI V8 why the difference in oil... 20 vs 30 ?
That’s it, I’ve had it with my lifters! I’m trying Astroglide! Lol
I agree with this. Idling isn't ideal for any modern engine, you're wracking up wear and tear at less than optimal conditions while the odometer sits still.As for idling not being an issue, our trucks at idle run at about 30 psi oil pressure when warm and 50+ psi above idle. Last year when at the dealer for the tailgate recall I was shooting the **** with the service manager and he said that they have seen a couple of trucks with failure there over the years but they have seen a ton of 5.7L cam failures in police cars which they blame on too much idling which causes sustained low oil flow due to low pressure.
But it is recorded in the hours screen in the driver display.Even if an hour of idling was no different from an hour of cruising it's still an hour of operation not recorded on the odometer.
true. but we do have hour meters that records drive time and idle time.The odometer records distance, not hours of operation.
I started a post last year asking for idle vs run hours for those with failed lifters but it fizzled out.How many times have you seen the actual contents of the hour meter screen in a conversation about lifters?
If the information is withheld then for all practical purposes it doesn't exist