6.7 smoked out driver and passangers at ranch!!

[Whiteranch04]

The 2007 3500 4x4 I bought from Brown Dodge in Devine Texas produced tons of smoke from under the hood while filling up deer feeders at the ranch I have down at Woodsboro, since no dealers and the check engine light came back on and said see dealer I had to load up the lemon on a trailer and haul it 100 miles to the dealer I bought it from!! The smell was horrid and reminded me of a cat converter plugged up, by the way, last week the right front tie rod end let go at 73,000 miles down at the ranch in sand and we had a walk out due to it, it was out of stock in Corpus so had to order it in from a pleasesonton texas as a complete unit, since indivural parts were not available, remember to check your tie rods, the parts man at dodge told me this was a updated part due to many failures, thanks to God it let go at the ranch and not on the highway in traffic, the end had no grease zerk on it and was full of metal sand from not being greased!!! Another lemon episode as usuall and more downtime. !!!!

 

[MullenaxM]

It's probably from washing the fuel filter with gasoline.



Mike

 

[Bob4x4]

It's probably from washing the fuel filter with gasoline.



Mike

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[gsbrockman]

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[HBarlow]

Probably another "big Texas rancher" whose belt buckle and hat are larger than his "ranch. "

 

[EB]

I must have a freak, 200,000+ miles working in the oilfield, in south Texas. (Not the best roads). Still going strong.

 

[Whiteranch04]

I must have a freak, 200,000+ miles working in the oilfield, in south Texas. (Not the best roads). Still going strong.

Why are you bragging, is this your post about all of the problems you have hThe egr cooler lasted 102,000 miles, developed an internal leak which caused the exhaust gas to blow all the water out of the engine. Needless to say it caused overheating problems.



The dpf lasted a little over 150,000 miles. I was told by the tech that the life expectation of the dpf was between 150 and 175,000 miles.



For the first time I'm going to admit this, I removed the dpf, the egr cooler and the egr valve and have not had a bit of problems since. I now have 221,000 plus miles on the truck. I no longer haul, so the miles have not been adding up like they used to. This will probably be my last truck. It should last me forever.

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2007 Cab and Chassis, 167" wheelbase, single cab, 11. 5 ft flatbed, Aisin transmission w/ e-brake, Brakesmart controller, centramatic wheel balancers, Pro-Trak 40ft GN, 220,000+ miles

Sold 2003 singlecab flatbed w/ 345,300 miles on it



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Last edited by EB; 10-11-2009 at 03:40 PM. . Reason: checked records, mileage was wrong on egr cooler



ad with your 6. 7, yes or no, further down in the same topic you mention that you are not in the oilfeild anymore, typical piling on bullcheater of TDR looks like to me!! I still have my emissions eq intact. Ranch roads dont equal oil patch roads anymore either. Why did you not mention all of the problems you had with your 6. 7????

 

[Austin Diesel]

Why are you bragging, is this your post about all of the problems you have hThe egr cooler lasted 102,000 miles, developed an internal leak which caused the exhaust gas to blow all the water out of the engine. Needless to say it caused overheating problems.



The dpf lasted a little over 150,000 miles. I was told by the tech that the life expectation of the dpf was between 150 and 175,000 miles.



For the first time I'm going to admit this, I removed the dpf, the egr cooler and the egr valve and have not had a bit of problems since. I now have 221,000 plus miles on the truck. I no longer haul, so the miles have not been adding up like they used to. This will probably be my last truck. It should last me forever.

__________________

2007 Cab and Chassis, 167" wheelbase, single cab, 11. 5 ft flatbed, Aisin transmission w/ e-brake, Brakesmart controller, centramatic wheel balancers, Pro-Trak 40ft GN, 220,000+ miles

Sold 2003 singlecab flatbed w/ 345,300 miles on it



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Last edited by EB; 10-11-2009 at 03:40 PM. . Reason: checked records, mileage was wrong on egr cooler



ad with your 6. 7, yes or no, further down in the same topic you mention that you are not in the oilfeild anymore, typical piling on bullcheater of TDR looks like to me!! I still have my emissions eq intact. Ranch roads dont equal oil patch roads anymore either. Why did you not mention all of the problems you had with your 6. 7????

Had the white smoke problem happen due to air filter choked out also coated in oil and road grime . simple problem easily corrected



could have dropped a valve spring and holed a piston a or dropped a injector? crankcase filter filled up with oil due to pressure and blew out over exhaust manifold?



Austin Diesel

 

[Austin Diesel]

The 2007 3500 4x4 I bought from Brown Dodge in Devine Texas produced tons of smoke from under the hood while filling up deer feeders at the ranch I have down at Woodsboro, since no dealers and the check engine light came back on and said see dealer I had to load up the lemon on a trailer and haul it 100 miles to the dealer I bought it from!! The smell was horrid and reminded me of a cat converter plugged up, by the way, last week the right front tie rod end let go at 73,000 miles down at the ranch in sand and we had a walk out due to it, it was out of stock in Corpus so had to order it in from a pleasesonton texas as a complete unit, since indivural parts were not available, remember to check your tie rods, the parts man at dodge told me this was a updated part due to many failures, thanks to God it let go at the ranch and not on the highway in traffic, the end had no grease zerk on it and was full of metal sand from not being greased!!! Another lemon episode as usuall and more downtime. !!!!

This tsb was issued long ago and your dealer was negligent not tell you about or check the truck for this was it the G30 recall ? was the warranty voided at that time ?



Tie rod upgrade/replacement should have handled it during service in your region, corpus /lithua should have caught this when it sat there for 2 weeks and installed the new parts no charge. As it should have shown up in your dealer TSB service log update files.



But without the exhaust stuff does that mean you voided the warranty long ago. you never stated that in any or all your previous e mail posts...





i would be talking to my lemon attourney about all this for reparations in time and efforts and make them take the truck back but now it modified and not in epa compliance for highway use, wait the TXDOT is about to start diesel truck inspections for compliance in 2010 also. :{



Did you get your custom desert hauler hummer pick up truck yet ?

 

[EB]

Why are you bragging, is this your post about all of the problems you have hThe egr cooler lasted 102,000 miles, developed an internal leak which caused the exhaust gas to blow all the water out of the engine. Needless to say it caused overheating problems.



The dpf lasted a little over 150,000 miles. I was told by the tech that the life expectation of the dpf was between 150 and 175,000 miles.



For the first time I'm going to admit this, I removed the dpf, the egr cooler and the egr valve and have not had a bit of problems since. I now have 221,000 plus miles on the truck. I no longer haul, so the miles have not been adding up like they used to. This will probably be my last truck. It should last me forever.

__________________

2007 Cab and Chassis, 167" wheelbase, single cab, 11. 5 ft flatbed, Aisin transmission w/ e-brake, Brakesmart controller, centramatic wheel balancers, Pro-Trak 40ft GN, 220,000+ miles

Sold 2003 singlecab flatbed w/ 345,300 miles on it



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Last edited by EB; 10-11-2009 at 03:40 PM. . Reason: checked records, mileage was wrong on egr cooler



ad with your 6. 7, yes or no, further down in the same topic you mention that you are not in the oilfeild anymore, typical piling on bullcheater of TDR looks like to me!! I still have my emissions eq intact. Ranch roads dont equal oil patch roads anymore either. Why did you not mention all of the problems you had with your 6. 7????

Every problem I've had with my truck has been noted on this forum. No, I'm not in the oilfield anymore because the work dried up around here. I do have to make a living. I will go back in a minute if things pick back up. The reason I took the dpf off is because I couldn't see spending $2200 every 18 months or so for a new one. That's what I was driving when I was in the oilfield. I pulled the rest off because I was out of warranty and yes, I had had problems with the emission equipment. It is my truck, I'm paying the bill, and, like I said, no problems since. The 6. 7 is a good engine, better than the competition and without the government required emissions crap, I don't believe it can be beat.

When I had problems I came on the forum, stated what it was and what it took to fix it. I didn't b#### and moan about what a piece of crap it was. If you're that unhappy with your truck, get rid of it and get a different flavor, then you'll really have something to gripe about.

 

[hsmith]

This old 12 valver is really enjoying this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No dpf or egr on mine either.

 

[Whiteranch04]

Picked up the lemon today, CEl came on again after...

Well went to Devine to my dealer to pick the LEMON, they replaced under warranty the converter, sensor, sensor exhaust, bypass, reflashed it and modified the tailpipe (no charge). If out of warranty over $3000, I had to pay nada.



I was charged $450 for egr valve service gasket etc.



We took off down the road and made it 30 miles to Charlotte, CEl came back on, we took it back to Brown and they got a new turbo sensor installed and we came home, wasted 3 days hauling it up and driving it back and who knows how long until it smokes up the converter again. I am going to look for delte installs and cost and different kits posts or start a new one as I am aproaching 100,000 miles and end of the factory warranty. It was sad to see the dealership as well, once it was a truck a day sold dealership, over 75 Cummins 4x4 trucks in stock all the time, now all it had were 5 cummins new trucks, some 2nd hand low milage trucks and no new jeeps but last years models, there was also empty stalls for the first time ever in the service bays, sure looks like this dealership is on its last legs, I drove by the other Dodge Dealer and they had very little stock as well as opposed to 6 months ago, guess the best thing that could have happened was that Dodge was allowed to die and be sold off in pieces. Can you imagine the resell value i have lost due to the 6. 7 first year version being such a turd?? I bet instead of adding for the 6. 7 in the Blue book they will deduct for the 6. 7!!!LOL Like I said, beware if you have a 6. 7 and drive it on a ranch and idle it at all, beware if you drive it in normal mud, the tailpipe gets so hot it will bake the mud solid and close the opening and about kill you with fumes, sad parts availability as well continues.

 

[AHarris]

Lemon?

Well went to Devine to my dealer to pick the LEMON, they replaced under warranty the converter, sensor, sensor exhaust, bypass, reflashed it and modified the tailpipe (no charge). If out of warranty over $3000, I had to pay nada.

Earlier in this thread you said you had 221K on your truck. How can a truck that lasts that long on a RANCH be considered a "lemon"?

guess the best thing that could have happened was that Dodge was allowed to die and be sold off in pieces. Can you imagine the resell value i have lost due to the 6. 7 first year version being such a turd?? I bet instead of adding for the 6. 7 in the Blue book they will deduct for the 6. 7!!!LOL

Not sure where you get your news from, but Dodge is not dead yet. Dodge trucks and Jeeps will be the last thing that Fiat gets rid of as it restructures Chrysler... these product lines are the only profitable ones in the Chrysler portfolio.

After 2 years and 20,000 miles on my "turd" I couldn't be more pleased... 100% reliable, ZERO problems, ever! 40% of that is towing a large travel trailer and about 60% is daily driver usage. My secret is I follow the advice I read from the knowledgeable folks in this forum, avoid aftermarket stuff, keep up with the latest flashes, use the EB all the time to keep the turbo clean, and follow the Dodge service intervals. Performance, reliability and a great driving truck--Sierra Hotel!

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend an 07. 5 6. 7L Dodge Cummins, DPF and all.

Like I said, beware if you have a 6. 7 and drive it on a ranch and idle it at all, beware if you drive it in normal mud, the tailpipe gets so hot it will bake the mud solid and close the opening and about kill you with fumes, sad parts availability as well continues.

Hot tailpipes are not unique to the 6. 7L Cummins. Ford and Chevy have the same hot DPFs and heat issues under the truck. Blame the LSD EPA, not Dodge, for enacting ridiculous regulations that require manufacturers to choke these engines with all this emissions crapola.

Like other posters have already mentioned: if you think Dodge sucks so much, maybe its time for you to try a different truck from Obama Motors or Ford.

 

[Whiteranch04]

Earlier in this thread you said you had 221K on your truck. How can a truck that lasts that long on a RANCH be considered a "lemon"?







Not sure where you get your news from, but Dodge is not dead yet. Dodge trucks and Jeeps will be the last thing that Fiat gets rid of as it restructures Chrysler... these product lines are the only profitable ones in the Chrysler portfolio.



After 2 years and 20,000 miles on my "turd" I couldn't be more pleased... 100% reliable, ZERO problems, ever! 40% of that is towing a large travel trailer and about 60% is daily driver usage. My secret is I follow the advice I read from the knowledgeable folks in this forum, avoid aftermarket stuff, keep up with the latest flashes, use the EB all the time to keep the turbo clean, and follow the Dodge service intervals. Performance, reliability and a great driving truck--Sierra Hotel!



I wouldn't hesitate to recommend an 07. 5 6. 7L Dodge Cummins, DPF and all.







Hot tailpipes are not unique to the 6. 7L Cummins. Ford and Chevy have the same hot DPFs and heat issues under the truck. Blame the LSD EPA, not Dodge, for enacting ridiculous regulations that require manufacturers to choke these engines with all this emissions crapola.



Like other posters have already mentioned: if you think Dodge sucks so much, maybe its time for you to try a different truck from Obama Motors or Ford.

I never said I had that kind of milage, you are mistaken, that was from a earler post of EB's. Sure dude, you have the same MO has eb who never really works there truck except to go get donuts or to the RV park, are you retired Navy too?? lol

 

[HBarlow]

Earlier in this thread you said you had 221K on your truck. How can a truck that lasts that long on a RANCH be considered a "lemon"?



Not sure where you get your news from, but Dodge is not dead yet. Dodge trucks and Jeeps will be the last thing that Fiat gets rid of as it restructures Chrysler... these product lines are the only profitable ones in the Chrysler portfolio.

After 2 years and 20,000 miles on my "turd" I couldn't be more pleased... 100% reliable, ZERO problems, ever! 40% of that is towing a large travel trailer and about 60% is daily driver usage. My secret is I follow the advice I read from the knowledgeable folks in this forum, avoid aftermarket stuff, keep up with the latest flashes, use the EB all the time to keep the turbo clean, and follow the Dodge service intervals. Performance, reliability and a great driving truck--Sierra Hotel!

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend an 07. 5 6. 7L Dodge Cummins, DPF and all.



Hot tailpipes are not unique to the 6. 7L Cummins. Ford and Chevy have the same hot DPFs and heat issues under the truck. Blame the LSD EPA, not Dodge, for enacting ridiculous regulations that require manufacturers to choke these engines with all this emissions crapola.

Like other posters have already mentioned: if you think Dodge sucks so much, maybe its time for you to try a different truck from Obama Motors or Ford.

Good post.

Mine is also troublefree @ 63,000 miles. I idle it a lot, whenever I feel like it. I have had no problems whatsoever with it and it has had one reflash, a voluntary reflash at my request, done by a TDR member Dodge dealer tech Mike Mullenax.

I enthusiastically and confidently recommend the new ISB6. 7 Rams to anyone contemplating a new truck that will be used for towing or work in any invironment.

I also encourage whiners and cry babies to avoid Dodge Rams. I think their psychological make-up would make them happier with a Furd that really gives them something to whine and cry about.

 

[Whiteranch04]

HB, are you the voice of the new Ram Truck commerical???

 

[HBarlow]

HB, are you the voice of the new Ram Truck commerical???

No, I'm an adult.

I'm also a very satisfied owner of my third Dodge-Cummins truck.

My three Dodge Rams have given me more than 600,000 miles of essentially troublefree driving. Sure, I have replaced a few parts on the previous two but I have never experienced a breakdown that stranded me on a highway. I drove the other two with over 300,000 miles and over 200,000 miles, respectively, in all weather, all over the US and Canada, pulling trailers for hire.

I was never a MOPAR fan. The first Chrysler product I ever bought was the '01 HO/six speed Ram. I bought it because I test drove one and was hooked by the performance and handling.

How old are you? You behave like a spoiled child, unable or unwilling to accept responsibility for your own mistakes.

I was born and grew up in Texas. I had an uncle who was born and raised no a 9,000 acre cattle, sheep, and goat ranch in McCullough County Texas. I lived with him and my aunt on that ranch for a semester in high school and attended a small rural school in ranch country. I have met Texas ranchers. I have also studied Texas culture a bit.

I recognize a bs artist when i see one, white ranch. Do you know what I mean?

 

[Lil' Dog]

I never said I had that kind of milage, you are mistaken, that was from a earler post of EB's. Sure dude, you have the same MO has eb who never really works there truck except to go get donuts or to the RV park, are you retired Navy too?? lol

Wow, making personal shots is not going to do any good. . As a Canadian, I am surprised and appalled at the lack of respect for the military.



That being said, take your marbles and go onto another manufacturer. Maybe try a Honda...

 

[Whiteranch04]

You are the only BS artist on here clown, you attack everyone and anything if they disagree you narrow minded view of Dodge trucks and Cummins problems, its obivious to me you have never had to make a paycheck off of a 07 truck thats out out service due to no parts or dealers with service tecks to repair it, not everybody has time to drive all over texas trying to find a dealership as you did, I am happy you and Mullenenk got yours reflashed, many on here dont have the idle time to waste,you seem to think and post as if you are a Factory Rep for Dodge abd Cummins and only your view is relevant. Its just I have enuff grit to stand up to constant bullying of anybody who does not share your narrow minded idea of what is wrong with the 6. 7 engine and its assorted and many problems. Bottom line is if you owned a dealership and were a sale manager or service advisor it would be broke from mad customers and people fliping to other trucks and suing the dealership or even the service department. These trucks are should not have the problems we are having and I dont give a rats *** if you drove up and down the hiway pulling a trailer doing no work!!! Lots of people used to love there Dodge trucks , they could go offroad in mud, run the A/C all day long, and did not need all of this insane reflashing and egr cleanings, this blame the operator mentality for a poor engine and egr and fuel system is not acceptable to most of us. You do not own the forum or sponsor it, please quit interjecting your blame the operator views, if you dont have something postive to say dont hit send, if you were in my shoes I would never blame you for something that Dodge let loose on the public in the form of the skunk 6. 7 and its many many problems that continue!!!! Even the woman from Calf scolded you the other day after another attack that was the usual old negative line you spew!!!! This forum is for public discussion of Dodge Trucks with the 6. 7 cummins engines, keep your personal attacks out of the posting please!!! I am waiting for the warranty to run out and install a delete everything kit with edge, my truck is still not what I expected and paid for and I sorely disapointed as even the newer trucks seems to still have the instant replay of what I experienced going on over and over, now it looks like the water in the fuel needs a 1000 buck system is next, why did Dodge not replace the non water filtering system we have in our stock 6. 7s?? I cant aford another in the pants fix it yourself because dodge wont or cant or does not care!!!

 

[JoelMartin]

From what I've seen of HBarlow's posts they don't fit the description you give, white ranch. He seems to have gained a pretty valuable bank of knowledge over the years of driving his dodge trucks and he nicely shares it with anyone who has trouble. If you have questions about your dodge troubles ask them nicely and I'm sure everyone will try to help you. We're here to help each other not argue and compain.