I'm always up for learning something new. Took my Jeep in for service. I scheduled my work truck for Friday and mentioned that the engine had a tick. The mechanic nodded and said it's the Hemi Clack. Seems Dodge Hemi engines have a problem with the manifold bolts and the loosen and break, causing the manifold to separate from the engine. Which caused the clack. Said he will have no problem fixing it. I asked what causes it and his comment was poor design. He has no trouble say it since I only take my machines to the Honda dealer.
Hmmm. Not sure if I will buy another Ram next time. I've had the Hemi Tick for a couple years now. That Toyota Tundra is looking better.
I've heard of this hemi tick. When I researched it, the articles I found said it was caused by using cheap gas. No idea if that's just Chrysler sponsored propaganda or a legitimate explanation...
Maybe need to apply for this job and be rid of the clack
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So, you have a Jeep Hemi Dodge? Hemi Jeep Dodge? Dodge Jeep Hemi?
Please, 'splane.
JA, PLS SoCal
personal vehicle is a Jeep, while picking it up after being serviced I scheduled my Dodge work truck for the next week. That's when I told them the mechanic about the clack in my work truck, he knew exactly how to fix it. I've never had any issues with the work truck. It's been as close to flawless as can be expected.?ÿ
@jerry-attrick You can get the 392 HEMI in a Wrangler these days, but I can't imagine WHY anybody would want one. 470 Horsepower doesn't make any sense to me in a vehicle of that sort.
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Thanks. I figured that was the case. ?ÿJust yanking your chain a bit.
Yeah. A hemi in a Wrangler is where I think Jeep was headed based upon their TV commercials in the 1970's.?ÿI would bet that it is out there on some platform or another.
I recall a commercial where there was a Jeep CJ something that morphed into a Bison on a climb up a hill. The driver really bore down in the jeep at the bottom and half way up he was, literally, riding a freaking Bison! Without a saddle, if I recall. I want to party with that dude! Riding A HEMI!
Anyone recall that commercial? YouTube? Anybody? Anybody?
JA, PLS, SoCal
There is the exhaust manifold tick and then less commonly but still a potential problems on these engines is camshaft and lifter failure which will also cause a tick.?ÿ
I've been Dodge only for years. The only tick I'm aware of is from running low octane fuel at lower elevations. I can run 87 at 2600 and above, 89 below that. I push my 6.4 very hard with no tick and no problems.?ÿ
That being said my not quite 4 year old battery died last night. If the ford dealer had been open this post would have read different...
I miss my F250, just a better truck all around.
current work truck is a 2018 RAM2500. Not as well built in my opinion.
@dougie?ÿ
That is absolutely the commercial I was trying to remember. Not exactly as I remember it. Too many Cuervo shots and too much wacky tobacky and whatever was going on in them days for my memory to be spot on. I am pretty sure that I had a mullet like that in those days.
Seems there is a saddle for him. None for the brave young lady that jumps on. I would imagine that the bones along the back of that animal must feel like riding on a boulder.?ÿ
So, yeah, there's your Hemi in a Wrangler, 1983 style.
JA, PLS, SoCal
@bstrand?ÿ
That wouldn't be a tick. That would sound more like marbles being lightly shaken in a can (spark knock or "detonation"). The 2 common problems I know of are exhaust manifold leaks (the one the op was told about) and lifter/camshaft failure which will cost you something like $5000+ to fix and can cause damage to the engine from metal debris.?ÿ
I had a 2013 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab for my daily driver and never had an issue with it.?ÿ I took a new job ib 2016 and traded it in for an Infinity because of parking limitations at the office.
I crashed the infinity in December 2018 when I passed out driving it to work because of COVID.?ÿ I was stuck in a situation that I had not been in for most of my life, I needed to buy a new vehicle vs. wanted to buy one.
I found a 2 year old used Dodge Ram with only 18K miles on it, identicle to the one I traded for the Infity and bought it.
Two months later, with less than 20K on it, the Hemmi Clack began.?ÿ At about the same time, I was venturing into unfamiliar territory, went to use my onboard large screen GPS for directions and my location icon was floating randomly across the screen, the route didn't display and I had to use my cell phone to get to where I was going.
I scheduled a service appointment at the dealer totake care of the issues and just like yours, my clack was a broken manifold stud.?ÿ The bigger and more concerning issue was the GPS.?ÿ I was told that they are aware of some models having the same issue as mine because the software was hacked.?ÿ The hack made it possible for somebody to remotely take control of braking and steering the vechcle.?ÿ There were two options for me, they could flash update my system which works only 50% of the time, the other 50% of the time it completely disables the stereo and touch screen controls, or, there was a new update that was to be rolled out but I would have to wait about three months and, if that didn't work, I would have to wait for a completely new entertainment and navigation center to be shipped from China.
I opted to wait for the update to roll out, not wanting to lose my touch screen controls and stereo and they fixed the stud for free under warrantee.?ÿ The Service Manager told me that because they could not get parts, almost half their survice bays were taken up by vehicles in various states of repairs, just sitting there for a month, two, or more, because they could not get the components out of China to fix them.
So much for American Enginuity and manufacturing.?ÿ Outsourcing to countries using inferrior materials and quality control are a part of the death knoll of the largely independent nation we once had.?ÿ