So I have a 2012 Ram 1500 Outdoorsman (Mossy Oak Edition) that I bought brand new 7 years ago. It just turned 100k a month ago. I’ve had it at 90mph once. That’s it.
Couple of weeks ago, my motor developed a “ticking” sound. I dismissed as the exhaust manifold bolts broken. The sound got louder, so much so, I could hear it while driving.
I took it in to the dealer and off the bat, they said it was the infamous Hemi Rick, affecting gen 2 and 3 hemi engines. That tick is the result of stuck lifters that grind against the camshaft.
This issue is so big, there’s a 10 month, 10,000 order backlog to fix the problem.
From YouTube vids, I saw HEMI’s ranging from new with 400 miles to 64k miles having this issue.
My father in law has a 2004 Ram hemi with 280k miles and zero issues.
I spoke with a local garage and they’ve seen this issue a million times. The manager said they’ve put Hellcat lifters, springs, and cams in the engine, adding a Diablo tuner to delete the MDS. He said it really improves the performance of the Hemi, but at a price tag of $5.5k. I was gonna sell it to KBB for $12k like it is. That was there offer. I was gonna put that money on a new truck, but I’ve had mine paid off for the last three years.
I decided to bite the bullet and go with the Hellcat upgrade until my buddy asked how much a new engine sold for.
Did a little research and found a company out of Michigan, Gearhead Engines, that sell remanufactured, not rebuilt, engines.
I switched gears and ordered a “new”, remanufactured engine with the installation kit and a 7 year/100,000 mile no-fault warranty from $3800 shipped. The shop is charging me $1,000 for motor swap. So I’ll be getting out of this thing a couple 100 bucks less than it was to just replace the lifters and cams.
Ordered the engine Tuesday and it will arrive at the shop tomorrow.
I’ll keep y’all posted on how this thing goes. Attached is a pic of what I was facing:
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Couple of weeks ago, my motor developed a “ticking” sound. I dismissed as the exhaust manifold bolts broken. The sound got louder, so much so, I could hear it while driving.
I took it in to the dealer and off the bat, they said it was the infamous Hemi Rick, affecting gen 2 and 3 hemi engines. That tick is the result of stuck lifters that grind against the camshaft.
This issue is so big, there’s a 10 month, 10,000 order backlog to fix the problem.
From YouTube vids, I saw HEMI’s ranging from new with 400 miles to 64k miles having this issue.
My father in law has a 2004 Ram hemi with 280k miles and zero issues.
I spoke with a local garage and they’ve seen this issue a million times. The manager said they’ve put Hellcat lifters, springs, and cams in the engine, adding a Diablo tuner to delete the MDS. He said it really improves the performance of the Hemi, but at a price tag of $5.5k. I was gonna sell it to KBB for $12k like it is. That was there offer. I was gonna put that money on a new truck, but I’ve had mine paid off for the last three years.
I decided to bite the bullet and go with the Hellcat upgrade until my buddy asked how much a new engine sold for.
Did a little research and found a company out of Michigan, Gearhead Engines, that sell remanufactured, not rebuilt, engines.
I switched gears and ordered a “new”, remanufactured engine with the installation kit and a 7 year/100,000 mile no-fault warranty from $3800 shipped. The shop is charging me $1,000 for motor swap. So I’ll be getting out of this thing a couple 100 bucks less than it was to just replace the lifters and cams.
Ordered the engine Tuesday and it will arrive at the shop tomorrow.
I’ll keep y’all posted on how this thing goes. Attached is a pic of what I was facing:
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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