has anyone had no problems up to 200,000 miles

[sammidog]

Reading about all the problems people are having with the HPCR engines it seems like it was foolish for me to buy one. I mostly bought my 05 for reliability and longevity but I'm beginning to think that was foolish. Granted, only people post with problems, not no problems so it sounds worse than it is(I hope). Has anyone gone 200,000 miles without replacing anything on their engine? I'm seriously considering selling and buying a gasser. Parts are cheap and I can buy almost a new engine every 100,000 miles for the price of new injectors every 100,000 miles.

 

[TCDiesel]

I have 123K on the Cummins ,it still has OEM Injectors, the CP3 I modified to our wild pump 100K and 6 Years ago, I have the silver 62 for over 100k, the engine is strong.

Now the OEM trans I modded with ATS Parts in Jan/03 it lasted 104k,When I tore it down and replace it with Full Goerend, the clutches had 1/4 material left, it was still good but was getting tired. I have replaced the entire steering linkage,New rear Diff(TrueTrac), went to 1 Piece rear drive shaft, New Front axle joints, New Hubs.



Its tow and pulls or has been a beta truck its whole life, it the best truck I have ever owned.

With all the mis guided info on repairs the CR truck has a tainted rep,Couple that with all the junk cheer-leading aftermarket suppliers its a recipe for disaster. T&C has customer with over 300K on CR engines with nothing out of normal maintenance.

 

[HBarlow]

Reading about all the problems people are having with the HPCR engines it seems like it was foolish for me to buy one. I mostly bought my 05 for reliability and longevity but I'm beginning to think that was foolish. Granted, only people post with problems, not no problems so it sounds worse than it is(I hope). Has anyone gone 200,000 miles without replacing anything on their engine? I'm seriously considering selling and buying a gasser. Parts are cheap and I can buy almost a new engine every 100,000 miles for the price of new injectors every 100,000 miles.

My sincere advice is to ignore the complaints you read on the websites. We never hear the "rest of the story" on the complaints and in fairness to the complainer, he often doesn't know the real reason for his problems.

Many problems that do occur with Cummins HPCR engines result from contaminated fuel, maintenance neglect (fuel filters), use of non-approved aftermarket filters, or modifications made to the engines. Problems that occur with Cummins engines that are actually used for work as intended are historically and provably very small in number.

I purchased a new '06 Ram dually in March '06 when I was transporting trailers hot and heavy. I put 230,000 miles on that truck in one year and nine months! I sold it in January '08 to buy the cab and chassis I own now. I never had any problems with the '06 worth mentioning.

The FCA was replaced once. I had a qualifed dealer tech run the engine performance diagnostic test on it when it had well over 200k miles on it. He determined that all injectors were still performing fine.

Back then I could have purchased a six pack of Cummins remanufactured Bosch injectors for that engine for $1800. No big deal.

Drive your Dodge and enjoy it. Buy fuel from high volume retailers who change their filters, service your truck as the owner's manual suggests, use only Fleetguard filter products and quality brand name lubricants, and don't modify the engine with aftermarket parts. Use it for hauling and towing as much as possible. You should enjoy a long and satisfying service life as most of us do.

My '08 currently has 99,xxx miles showing and injectors never enter my thoughts. At least two TDR members, TulsaOkie and EB, have around 350,000 miles on their '07. 5 and '08 Ram trucks.

 

[jgillott]

I know several HPCR trucks, including our '04. 5 that have several hundred thousand of the hardest earned miles you can imagine. In our case, repairs have included ball joints, brakes, tires, an AC compressor and belt, and a blown trans cooler line. It could fall apart tomorrow and I could honestly say that it has well earned its keep.

 

[macdaddy]

My sincere advice is to ignore the complaints you read on the websites. We never hear the "rest of the story" on the complaints and in fairness to the complainer, he often doesn't know the real reason for his problems.



Many problems that do occur with Cummins HPCR engines result from contaminated fuel, maintenance neglect (fuel filters), use of non-approved aftermarket filters, or modifications made to the engines. Problems that occur with Cummins engines that are actually used for work as intended are historically and provably very small in number.



I purchased a new '06 Ram dually in March '06 when I was transporting trailers hot and heavy. I put 230,000 miles on that truck in one year and nine months! I sold it in January '08 to buy the cab and chassis I own now. I never had any problems with the '06 worth mentioning.



The FCA was replaced once. I had a qualifed dealer tech run the engine performance diagnostic test on it when it had well over 200k miles on it. He determined that all injectors were still performing fine.



Back then I could have purchased a six pack of Cummins remanufactured Bosch injectors for that engine for $1800. No big deal.



Drive your Dodge and enjoy it. Buy fuel from high volume retailers who change their filters, service your truck as the owner's manual suggests, use only Fleetguard filter products and quality brand name lubricants, and don't modify the engine with aftermarket parts. Use it for hauling and towing as much as possible. You should enjoy a long and satisfying service life as most of us do.



My '08 currently has 99,xxx miles showing and injectors never enter my thoughts. At least two TDR members, TulsaOkie and EB, have around 350,000 miles on their '07. 5 and '08 Ram trucks.

This is an excellent post HB.....



I could not agree more. Regarding the injectors i did a search some time ago and found that they seem to only become an issue when the rail pressure is turned up.



Mac

 

[AH64ID]

The injectors are the achilies heal of any CR system, not just Dodge. But good fuel and good filtration will generally solve that problem.



Run either the OEM filter or the Baldwin PF7977 fuel filter, and an additional filter wouldn't be a bad idea.



But you are correct, people don't really talk about things that aren't broke.

 

[sammidog]

thanks guys for giving me a little hope. My truck is stock and filters always replaced when they should be. I'm looking forward to what the oil analysis says. I will admit I went a little long on this oil change(7000miles) on rotella so it will be a good test. I don't pull anything in the winter so it was easy miles.

 

[jgillott]

thanks guys for giving me a little hope. My truck is stock and filters always replaced when they should be. I'm looking forward to what the oil analysis says. I will admit I went a little long on this oil change(7000miles) on rotella so it will be a good test. I don't pull anything in the winter so it was easy miles.

7K is nothing on an oil change. Factory recommended interval for schedule B on these trucks is 7500.

 

[TCDiesel]

CR live or die on rail pressure... nothing wrong with good high pressure, it excessive rail pressure take destroys injectors. . and engines. . T&C is the ONLY company that has taken the lead to minimize the pit falls off excessive pressure.

 

[BLNRAY]

371,000 mi on original injectors,only engine work,replaced FCA about 150,000.

 

[scottmcd]

221K on my '04. just replaced the timing cover inner gasket and the idler pulley. Besides ball joints, clutch, fuel pumps & u-joints, I haven't had any problems. I chaqnge the oil every 10k, running synthetic. The Cummin's motor has been perfectly reliable, would bye another in a second... . Scott

 

[Gonzo 1066]

100,000 miles of heavy towing on my 2004. 5 Dodge Cummins 6 speed, no real problems yet. However I did change the front hubs to DynaTracs at about 60,000 miles (nothing was bad on the original hubs) Change oil-filters and use the truck.

 

[Salt Dog]

167,00 miles on my 2003 with only the front suspension work done thus far. The truck is bone stock. traveled border to border, coast to coast... . well almost anyway. no problems - Last truck ever..... !

 

[NavyDood]

Let's see... . 153,000 miles on my truck in sig.

Added a Walbro pump instead of the canister mounted lift pump.
Added Dynatrac Hub kit since axle u-joints were going bad and I knew I would destroy the hub bearings during removal.
Water pump failed last summer. Changed thermostat and fan belt too.
Bilstein shocks on all four corners.
Everything else is original and the Auto transmission still works like it did when I bought the truck 120,000 miles ago.
Air and fuel filter have never had the chance to get dirty since I replace them ahead of schedule.
transmission gets filter and fluid every 30,000 - 35,000 miles. I don't freak out if I go over a tad since I am running the Mag-Hytec DD pan. transmission bands have never been adjusted.
Oil and filter gets changed at the 1yr/25,000 mile mark.

You couldn't give me a better truck.

 

[mattk50]

194,000

Replaced lift pump @ 63,000 under warraty

Replaced left front u joint @ 160,000

Replaced water pump,belt and all hoses @ 175,000

Stock clutch and injectors still going strong.

 

[sammidog]

OK. OIl report says

SUS viscosity@210 79. 9 (should be(69-80))

cSt Viscosity@100C 15. 5 should be 12. 7-15. 8

fuel% <0. 5 should be <2. 0

Iron 21 Universal ave 23



Well, I'm pleased so far. apparently my injectors don't appear to be leaking with low fue l%age

 

[MA2LA]

As they said keep it stock and run good filters. . i have had some injector and fca prblems but i know that some of it was using an MP8 pressure box(never again) and some bad fuel twice from the same place years apart(never again) my new 2011 will stay stock(although a smarty jr for some fuel mileage is tempting)

 

[macdaddy]

194,000

Replaced lift pump @ 63,000 under warraty

Replaced left front u joint @ 160,000

Replaced water pump,belt and all hoses @ 175,000

Stock clutch and injectors still going strong.

Stock clutch and injectors WOW!!!



Cool



Mac