Almost Blew Up My EcoDiesel Engine Because Of This.... Saved Me $10k 

Had identical symptoms and an identical looking pickup tube. Thanks so much for the video. Feel like I owe you.

You should try to sue the EPA for knowingly causing destruction of diesel engines.

Thanks for the heads up on this. No issues at 127,000 miles right now. But dropping my pan next weekend just to be safe (not driving the truck between now and then anyway). Keep that Ram content coming!

Ngl sir, my brain relates to your mindset. You do things that others don’t. You figure things out when others don’t. If something isn’t working like you imagine you work through it in a logical mindset. Good work man. Hell yeeeeeeeee!

It's crazy they still use those dummy gauges. It's like we are still in the 90s early 2000s lol

Its a win win situation if it doesn't go outside in the air the government is happy, if it stays inside the engine and blows up the manufacturers are happy, they get you to buy a new one

Thanks for the video. Clearly pride of ownership is important to you and that is appreciated.

Appreciate your video. Definitely going to look into it this weekend. Saved me from another $1000+ repair

Great information. Im having same troubles now with my ecodiesel. And I loved the FJB comment. Made me laugh and still laughing at it.

Not a mopar guy, but good info. Bet you saved a couple hundred trucks with this!

Very interesting video. I use HOT SHOTS SECRET EDT with every tank of fuel. We also have a '16 Ram 1500 4wd Ecodiesel, and a '18 Ram 2500 4wd 6.7L Cummins. The fuel quality of diesel is awful. I use the WIX fuel filter because it seems to capture more dirt in the fuel. I started using the R-95 & R-99 fuel. The fuel filters were way cleaner after that.

u got a sub for the FJB comment! appreciate ya!

Excellent information. Thank you. Just purchased a 2016 Limited and am learning about these POV diesels.

I bought a 4 cylinder car off an old man. It had low mileage but he didn’t do enough oil changes. It had sludge like that all through the engine. I took the pan off and cleaned the pick up like u did. Cleaned the pan out, I took the valve cover off and was digging dried up sludge out of the head with a screw driver and shop vac. Messy job but got it much cleaner. Gave it a few oil changes. It never blew up but overall better. It’s still going strong. Even turbo’d it :)

Have you cleaned out the intake manifold. haha I just did and pulled out about 2lbs of gunk. I will be doing this now!!! Thanks for the intel..... And not too harsh, FJB!!

(Pennzoil Platinum 5w40 Euro). Folks this is a European Engine, make sure the spec of the oil your using meets, MS-12991 spec and API SP

I have a Jeep ecodiesel that has 4000 miles, it's still new, and Im getting low oil pressure warnings. This is after the stealer did the first oil change

I was wondering why every time I change my oil it gets so dirty right away. I will definitely do this. I appreciate you and I will subscribe. Thanks.

I know you said you did a flush. Have you tried the BG oil flush kit? It’s not the add it to your oil kind of flush, has several steps. You drain the oil and change the filter, then run the cleaner through it on high idle for quite a while. Drain, change filter. Add the rinse oil, run at high idle. Drain, change filter and then fill with your regular oil. I’ve had a couple old crusty diesel’s that were sludge and carbon filled messes, the top end and pulling the pan they were remarkably clean. It wouldn’t have cleaned that nasty pickup tube but it will clear out your galleys and such. I’ve also used the CRO 505 carbon cleaner in the next change and it pulled even more deposits out. A clean engine is a happy engine. Never owned a Dodge but several Fords that got sludgy, nothing like yours. 😳

By fucking Al Gore got me bro

Switch oil to a Chrysler MS-12991 spec Oil. (European Synthetic 5w-40) such as Castrol, Mobil-1, or Pennzoil. Also use the “Hot Shots” every day fuel treatment.

Sounds like you need to start using Seafoam in your engine.

How did you burp the coolant system after the EGR delete?

If you have a video on, how did you take that oil pan off? I would appreciate it. Thanks.

I put rod bearings in mine at 150K. Not one lick of sludge in it. Its a 2014 with 180K now. Why didn't you remove the pickup, clean it and replace the o-ring? The pressure gauge inside is only an algorithm, not an actual reading.. If you have any pressure it will show normal, until you have none then it shows 0 PSI ☠ Wanna eliminate the soot and increase drivability for FREE? You don't even have to replace the intake manifold. But if you do replace the intake, leave the EGR valve electrically unplugged or delete it and deal with the MIL. Also take the CCV tube off and run a hose from the engine to the ground NO KINKS OR LOW SPOTS!. Then plug the intake side of the tube. Deal with the MIL from that too. Neither effects regen cycles. If you can't deal with the MIL...delete it. Been a Dodge tech since the 90's. There is NO intake recall. I can't believe the amount of misinformation out there. 😢

Do you have the link for the mechanical gauge and the fiting for swap with the oil pressure sensor?

My brother use to clean his motors with 2-3 gallons of diesel and run it for 10 minutes or so and flush out all that sludge on several LS motors, I’m sure that’d work on this as well to make sure ask sludge is cleaned out

Was an oil analysis done in the past? What additives did you use? Something went wrong somewhere with the additives as the soot doesn't normally become solid. The soot is carbon and if it exists as soft sheets we call it graphite and they slide past each other. Of course all those crystals for under heat and pressure, but something else happened for it to chunk up in the pan.

EGR delete I put a green diesel tune on my pick up back in the day before EPA got all over him. You better check your manifold because it’s probably full the same shit. Good luck.

I did this on mine couple of years ago and the oils been clean ever since

Try using Power Service in your deisel fuel, i drove 18 wheelers for 30 yrs and used it religiously...never had sludge or oil problems.

Thank you. My son bout 2017. Best vehicle ever.

Change Oil and filter at every 3,000 miles, not 5,000 miles.

Damn you Al Gore.

You saved my 2014 ecodiesel!

There is your culprit for all the mysteriously "BLOWN" engines!!!

Nice video! Want to do mine? It’s a 22 lol

Check your valve cover gaskets snd injector seals that where the soot is getting in.

Did the Schaffer's oil fail?

EGR CATCHCAN will help

Great video!!!!! Dude do a follow-up on this topic

I’ve never seen sludge on a pickup tube in my life… and that’s after you flushed it and changed the oil a few times. That’s crazy. I think banks has something to help tack that out.

What mileage was on the truck when you acquired it?

Great video! I've had a '16 ecodiesel almost two years now and did the weight reductions along the way. Definitely like the truck a lot and I'm for sure interested in the longevity mods that you're talking about. Hope you make vids about them. Might as well try to keep the engines running as long as possible. Just wondering about your opinion about the oil pressure read-out on the digital dash "vehicle information" screen. Mine usually shows 40-50 psi oil pressure on cold start-up but also occasionally reads as low as 19/20 ish. I'm going to do this screen cleaning regardless but just for my info, is that accurate or where does it get the data? ECM? thanks again, Hunter!

Glad I have the GDE oil pressure mod with my tune that I got from 2016. I scoped my truck and I have no sludge, been deleted since 30k miles.

Eco oil starvation. Try using shell rotella. See if u get less sludge. 10k for an engine . Is a lot of hard working hours

More fun shit I get to look forward to doing on my wifes ecodiesel!

Blow by from combustion, excessive soot I would assume from the weight reduction. Gets trapped in the oil and falls to the bottom.

I have a dream scenario where I get to take my car down to Cali and have young static swap it, the. Take it up north and have hunter tuned tune it 😭 someday!

Ive seen that on a few 5.3s. Never once on a deisel. Thats nuts. Good job dodge.

Use your shop vac first

How many miles on the Truck when you found this sludge clogging the return tube?

Maads,-shavers oil?- is it low ash,like the t6 Rottella?

Should remove the whole oil pick up tube and mineral bath clean it.

Shaffer oil? I used T6 and no crap building up.

I had to replace my intake and it was so disgusting it was full of sludge toward the engine light was on

The EGR in these is criminal! How is it saving the environment if it makes you burn more fuel? I love mine and have had a tune that turns off the EGR since new. Fingers crossed it lasts.

Do you think an oil catch can will help?

Just change the oil sooner...like 7k miles...use a better oil than that like liqui moly or fuchs titan...

This happened even after weight reduction?

Should do one quart of diesel in the oil and run it on idle to 2000rpm until warm and drain the oil. It will loosen the dirt so it will drain out

Thank you, I believe you save my engine

I wonder if a person could scope out the condition of the pick up tube using some kind of borescope?

Anybody else that has this issue check your injector seals to verify compression isn't blowing by your injector into your engine through your valve cover.

Dude, My "lightened" 08, 6.7 is CLEAN as new (Blackstone Labs Verified every change @10-12k) and it's got about 240k. Truck has 416k, original engine wasn't "lightened" so previous owner had to replace it.

How’s it making out now since the delete and cleaning? What company did you use for parts and tune?

I do know these trucks like to put some mileage on when you run them. Do you do a bunch of just short drives in it??

Injector washers are leaking exhaust into the valve covers, i’ll bet you a pair of packers tickets. Looking at the amount of sludge, I bet the valve covers are burned and should be replaced along with the gaskets.

if it only takes a few minutes to drop the pan might as well do it every 10k miles or every other oil change

I drained mine then filled with diesel, let her run about 5 min.. and clean as a whistle..twice a year cleanse.

Sideview Mom and baby update...

Bought new??or second hand?

From a dealer tech, engine replacement on this this sucks big time. Cab has to come off, and for the love of God don't forget the crank trigger ring....ask me how I know 😂

Glad I sold mine

wow, can i adopt you? Thanks

So what's the ultimate fix? Ditch the egr and environmental mental B's keep that dodge alive lol I've got a 97 dodge 1500 4x4 and it's honestly been the best truck I've ever owned I was always a Chevy man until I got my second gen dodge lol

Are you using biodiesel ,,That shit causes much more soot than normal diesel,,,Also shaffers makes oil more for tractors,,off road trucks and construction equip,,,There add packs are not well matched for small truck engines,,,You should start using penzoil or amsoil,,They are the best oils in North America,,,There add packs are incredible,,Also changing your oil at 5k is very good,,These people going 10 15k on one change on a Diesel engine are insane,,

Great video, when you dropped the oil pan, is there a re-usable gasket holding the pan to the engine? Or did you have to buy a new gasket. I wouldn't mind checking mine next oil change, but I don't think it'll be too bad, I had it tuned when it had only 50000 km (although that's still long enough to accumulate soot...) Was your truck tuned prior to you pulling the pan off?

How many km's on the motor.

I bet that stuff started to end up in the pan after you started using the engine flushes. Do you have a CEL now that you don't have the oil gauge installed? I'd like to do a T so I could have both the mechanical and electronic gauges. Anyone know the thread type of these sensors?

Books and reading only gets you so far when it's about a hands on job , imo best way to figure out and or learn is to get your hands dirty and learn by actually doing and or fixing the problem , not just listen to some random idiots on the internet that think they know something cuz mommies and daddy do and buy all for them when like you said us hard working ppls actually get into the problem and fix it not just talk crap ... sorry not sorry that's my rant lol ... much love n respect to you hunter bro keep kicking azz bro l8z..ps could it be EGR pushing soot back to the intake and eating it or maybe ring gap... im 100 percent curious now tbh lol

The egr is just dumping carbon into your intake it doesn't regen at all . Dodge Ram needs to be held responsible. I'm having some of the same issues, it's costing me at the dealership.

How is the truck working after all these months of cleaning that?

So, thanks for the maintenance info. But my other take away was “truck” the environment because I don’t want to make changes to how I maintain my truck. I have an eco diesel and this might be why my truck isn’t getting good mpg. I’m OK to be inconvenienced with some minor maintenance to reduce my impact on the environment.

1st from the UK.

If it has a pcv, it could be going back into the engine that way?

Hello! A Californian here, and like most of us here in the state, I need to start with saying great video!….. I fully appreciate the “exhaust weight reduction mod” I believe what you are experiencing is due to the cause of using the wrong oil, this is a build up of soot, there is a reason that the gen 3 eco diesel uses a specific oil ……not rotella….. it needs a LOW SOOT OIL…specifically API SN, MS 12991 rated. This is supposed to reduce the soot produced by what you are seeing here, in addition the cause of this can be reduced by running cleaner fuel or running a fuel additive like hot shot secret EDT, or even oil additives like hot shot or arch oil, this can also be SIGNIFICANTLY reduced by a bypass oil filter… please note I 100% agree with you,I feel the majority of this problem is due to the epa and them not knowing how things actually operate, however, when these items in our diesels get a “weight reduction” you need to realize your engine is running more efficiently so it’s running hotter and different in general, it will require a tune to make it perform without issues, or otherwise operate within the new perimeters created by removing the egr and def, now, idk if you got a tune or not but it seems there are some items that can be addressed here to save your diesel! Feel free to give me a follow on instagram and we can discuss further! Maybe I’m not even close! Lol @Dynamicoverland

Okay, hold UP. Theyre REQUIRED to run low ash diesel oil. This happens when you dont. Yes, it is diesel soot. Seen this time and time again in 8 yeaes of servicing.

off question but i have a Honda civic ek with a d16y7 is it possible to get like 150 -200 hp some what reliably

Btw, it’s not global weirding that has caused the changes to diesel engines it’s the micro particles the it puts out, our in your case plugs the engine. As someone with chronic lung degeneration I know a bit more about it but it’s helping kids, the elderly and people like me to keep breathing and for people like you to not end up like me. Just thought you should know, it’s never as simple as we would like. ✌️

Can you delete the EGR system?

the goverment does not give a dam

You're my heroe 😊now

thx man ! holly fk.

Dang thats crazy

Let's go Brandon!

Who, as a kid put that white hose in their mouth off of that red pouch? You wanted to say douche🤣🤣🤣

Probably find a whole ass 12 valve truck for 10k

Hey bro, I’d just refrain talking about any and all emission control stuff and just say you left it all intact. Because ofc you did. You’d never mess with emissions stuff! Fed Big brother is watching, and we wouldn’t want them to get the wrong idea, now would we?

delete EGR as long as EGR is there you will have this problem and lower end will blow up