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
Never heard of the Hemi clack. There's a Hemi tick, which you can hear in nearly all Hemis.
I think it's just people using different terminology. But yes I hear a tick from the majority of hemis on the construction sites. My neighbor just got rid of his little Scion for a 2015ish Hemi Ram and I can hear it ticking from our place almost 100m away. It's bordering on being a knock, sounds more like the camshaft issue than the manifolds.?ÿ
@350rocketmike The valve springs on .. 3rd gen? Hemis were an issue. Supposedly the would break. But you'd know it, if it were the spring breaking. That small ticking is average.
I think that valve spring issue affected their 3.6 Pentastar V6 for certain early years also.?ÿ And it sounds like dropping valve seats is also an occasional disastrous event that can happen on any of Chrysler engines. The majority of people won't have any of those issues but a certain percentage will get unlucky.?ÿ
Valve spring could be a pretty cheap repair but dropping a valve seat means the end of engine usually.?ÿ
I guess I replied too soon about my Clack and the nonsense with my GPS system.?ÿ The clack has not reappeared however, tonight, my onboard GPS shit the bed again tonight and had me navigating in a completely different state through lakes.?ÿ?ÿ
Nobody ever told me that Ibought an amphibian!?ÿ I have a little over 800 miles left befor the bumper to bumper expires.?ÿ Guess who I will be on the the phone with in the AM?
My neighbor had the same issue first month with his new ram Warrior. They told him beyond warranty that it was a $7000 radio/GPS. This and many other similar example is why I want to keep a 17 year old truck.?ÿ
Just found out it was a common problem on Toyota Tundra from 08-10 also so possibly the same valve spring supplier to multiple brands through those years.?ÿ
@bstrand I have a 5.7 Hemi, it's my second one and always use regular unleaded, the clack has nothing to do with the gasoline.?ÿ My manifold stud was replaced in January of 2019 and that problem has gone away completely, the GPS is another nightmare!
