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  1. Blue Mule

    Eco Diesel done after January

    Which SUVs use the Gen 3 EcoDiesel? Jeep and Ram have both announced the discontinuation of the engine. I wasn't aware of any other vehicles using it. With diesel at $2/gallon more across most of the nation, a very high rate/cost of warranty repairs on diesels, and a new corporate owner that...
  2. Blue Mule

    Ecoguard Filters

    The Mopar filters are $45 at dieselfiltersonline dot com. That's where I bought mine the last two years.
  3. Blue Mule

    Ecodiesel Bosch HPFP

    What I heard two days ago is that the 2019-2020 Cummins trucks are getting a recall, but I haven't heard that it will also include the VM trucks. In all my perusing of forums and social media owners groups, I have seen several fuel system failures on the new Gen 3 EcoDiesels. I can't say...
  4. Blue Mule

    GDE Tuning - Gen 3 Engines

    I would think that the more efficient use of the low pressure EGR system would offset any increase in fuel burn entering the emissions system, and the net effect should be a longer life span for DPF/SCR. I'm not a powertrain/mechanical engineer like the guys at GDE are, but that was what I...
  5. Blue Mule

    GDE Tuning - Gen 3 Engines

    There isn't a forum section yet for the Gen 3 EcoDiesel so I suppose I'll keep posting things here. Green Diesel Engineering has launched their tuning for the Gen 3 engine/trans combo now. This currently consists of a bench flash of the PCM and a handheld device flash of the transmission...
  6. Blue Mule

    automatically setting the park brake

    This feature is called AutoPark. And yes, it's one of the worst things ever put on a vehicle. I hate it with deep passion, so I permanently over ride it by using a seat belt extender which stays plugged in permanently. These are not the exact ones I bought, but they are nearly the same...
  7. Blue Mule

    Current production Ecodiesel exhaust aftertreatment theory of operation

    That matches what I saw on my Ram with Gen 3 EcoDiesel. On my Scan Gauge, I saw that 650F is where passive regeneration started to become noticeable as my Mass Soot Load values would then start to fall. Below 650F it seemed that passive regen couldn't really keep up. On my new Jeep pickup...
  8. Blue Mule

    Eco Diesel Settlement

    I know that the media outlets are all reporting that electric vehicles will rule the roads in less than 10 years, but I have my doubts. You can't "fill" an electric truck in 5 minutes on every street corner in America, nor can you drive an electric truck 500+ miles with a trailer in tow. The...
  9. Blue Mule

    Thank you TDR! Saved me from making a bad choice.

    Stock they are ugly. It's amazing what a decent set of tires will do on these trucks. Completely changes the entire appearance and proportions.
  10. Blue Mule

    Thank you TDR! Saved me from making a bad choice.

    Took advantage of the crazy used pricing and turned in my Ram lease early. $39,900 two winters ago, dealer gave me $44,750 trade-in. Ordered a Jeep Gladiator EcoDiesel at 6% under invoice pricing. Took 3 weeks for the Jeep pickup to be built and delivered to the dealership. I drove from KY...
  11. Blue Mule

    Well, she pulled the trigger!

    Yep, they did. The Gen 3 engine is night and day. I can pull my farm tractor in my enclosed trailer (that's the load that gets me to 8k) and cruise in overdrive. Trans stays at 180ish, oil stays below 230, and coolant stays below 220 regardless of how long and steep the hills are or how hot...
  12. Blue Mule

    Thank you TDR! Saved me from making a bad choice.

    That's Cummins mentality. Cummins guys think that "tuning" means "add as much power as I possibly can without the head bolts stretching." On these VM engines, there is a ton of room for improvement with tuning and reputable companies like Green Diesel Engineering who are operated by guys with...
  13. Blue Mule

    Thank you TDR! Saved me from making a bad choice.

    Gen 3 EcoD is 80% new. Not seeing the same issues as before and a lot of guys have quite a few miles on them now. I tow heavy from time to time and it will cruise in 8th on the interstate at 80% trailer capacity which the V8 gas engines will not do. Once the tunes are out this summer it'll...
  14. Blue Mule

    Well, she pulled the trigger!

    Did she get the 3.92 axle ratio? I find that mine tows 8,000 lb. enclosed trailer pretty well, and will often cruise in overdrive even on slight hills. Very impressive power and braking for a 1500 series truck. The only issue I find is the light weight of the chassis and suspension allows the...
  15. Blue Mule

    Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Ecodiesel permanently disable autostart?

    It's literally a single button press. Like, we're literally talking a fraction of a second to touch it with a finger. Are people really so lazy that they'll pay big money for a device that presses a button for them? I had ESS on my Jeep Gladiator and I'm actually disappointed that it's not on...
  16. Blue Mule

    2020 1500 with Eco-diesel....What's the word on her?

    So I'm coming up on 11,000 miles now. Still not driving much due to working from home during COVID. The timing cover leak at roughly 5,000 miles is still the only issue my truck has had that required repair. I did go in for a voluntary PCM flash a couple of weeks ago in hopes that it would...
  17. Blue Mule

    Fuel prices

    I'm trying to enjoy it. If things go the way it appears they are going to go, fuel prices will be on a steady upward trend for the next few years if not longer...
  18. Blue Mule

    2020 1500 with Eco-diesel....What's the word on her?

    So due to COVID response I have been working from home this year and haven't been driving. My truck is at 8,000 miles now. I was without it for two weeks during the summer because the timing cover started leaking. Getting a new cover took a week, then another week for engine disassembly to...
  19. Blue Mule

    EcoDiesel in Jeep Wrangler

    It's funny you mention this. I've been driving the Gen 3/8HP75 combo in the Ram for 8 months now. A couple of weeks ago I did a YouTube review on the Jeep Gladiator with the Gen 3/8HP75 combo. The thing that shocked me is that the Jeep felt WAYYY better. Very little lag, very good response...
  20. Blue Mule

    engine reliability

    Nope there's been a couple guys with 2020 Gen IIIs that already failed. The guy last week was pulling his camper far from home. 3,100 miles on the odo. Engine grenaded. Dealer pulled oil pan and there were gold flakes everywhere. Looks like a lower end bearing failure but he hasn't updated...
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