Are 3rd Gen Dodge Cummins Reliable? 

You either pay to keep a car running or you over pay grossly on a monthly car note. I think you made a good choice with your truck bud.

Dude awesome buy man! we had one at my old job as a work truck took it to 450k miles on it..beating the crap out of it and it wouldn't die! Small things to fix here and there but that things a beast with that Cummins!

White smoke is unburned fuel blue smoke is usually oil alot of times diesels will smoke on a cold start until they warm up no big deal .

I've had my 2005 since 2007 and 95k miles (only has 143k on it now) and it's been absolutely reliable. I did have one case of a cracked injector tube that stranded me, but it was an easy fix. I've since replaced all six. I also just replaced the injectors last summer. Only other repairs have been some sort of fuel pressure thing and something else, both supposedly common items around 100k and neither was expensive. Of course I did my clutch years ago because it smoked as soon as I turned up the power. But the new one has been going strong with a 400+ hp setup since then, and I tow heavy almost all the time. Now, suspension is another story. I've rebuilt the front end twice, and it wouldn't surprise me if it's almost due again. What I want to do fairly soon is a new rebuilt head with o-rings and head studs and a cam, to prepare for compound turbos. I'm tired of having to always back off on hills due to high EGTs (when towing heavy).

The sound effects in the drone shots are 🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽 I love it man!

Man what a great video. I love the area you live in man. The desert is amazing

I have that truck. It’s held up better than some of the others I have had

Your videos are very imaginative . The Captain Gnarkill style

I had a neighbor who collected Ram trucks & SUVs, he drank A LOT.

I wouldn't worry too much about a little smoke on startup. I don't have the Cummins engine but a little seepage at valve-guide seals isn't a big deal. That engine is excellent.

Im looking forward to what you got planned. Truck and/or trailer.

Don’t think you’re burning oil bud. Should just be condensation from sitting, every one of my diesels do it only in the morning or whenever I start it up for the first time of the day. Nothing to worry about brother, can’t go wrong with a Cummins👍🏼

I hear there is a bad heatwave down there. I hope you, Lexi, her Mom and Rex are ok.

Bro I clicked this to find out about the cummins and the first 5 mins or so is some bs about trailers wtf.

I keep hearing diesel is about to get crazy expensive and Blue Def is going to be impossible to find. I also saw a YT vid from a diesel truck dealer who said people put a million miles on diesel trucks and then change out the interior with new parts and sell them to unsuspecting buyers. He was using Fords as an example.

You have gotten good times out of not doing what ever one else does regarding vehicles, houses, girlfriends etc. However Old RV trailers will kick your ass, You seemed tempted to haul one of those home.

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It's a nice truck bro Living the dream

white smoke means that your injectors are leaking a tiny bit. nothing to worry about right this second, but consider getting them rebuilt or replaced.

The smoke could also be condensation build up in the exhaust system.

from the view of the supers I know basically where you found all this, isn't it just mind blowing what people dump on the assumption that "someone will take care of it"......🤯😲😵😵‍💫 maybe they got arrested too, who knows 🤔

Any TIPM problems?

iv had my 2002 since 2013 and she’s barley at 180k, running strong, no knocks but she’s a stick single cab, never had any smoke for mine but idk if yours is a cummins but i’m a gas 4.7l

The exhaust fell apart on my 2006 because someone put a different gen exhaust on it with different mount locations. So the entire run was only mounted in one place, with a coat hanger….. dealer who sold it to me must have really looked it over….

I would do wheel bearings and ball joints when you do the u joints...

Valve guides?

My 05 did the same. It’s a stuck injector. Probably #6

I I'm not very knowlegable when it comes to diesel engines. But I would suspect leaky valve seals... Nothing big right now Wait and see how long it goes before it starts smoking a lot. Might just be normal for a diesel engine.

What size exhaust pipe

I almost left the video without leaving a like. My apologies, but I did catch myself just in the Nick of time :)

To the lake..Great plan

What does your license plate ,mean on your truck?

Road is like mad max

White smoke means cold cylinders not burning oil. Burning oil would be blue smoke

Yes

It makes you wonder what shit mobile these people were towing with, and why you didn’t see them with blown out tires a few miles later. The west is crazy. What state is this? AZ?

Only thing that is a money out about my Cummins is all the extra shit I want to put on it

Hello. Have a safe blessed day! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

I was going to ask... Where is this all going? :)

It depends what block you have, wether the walking pin backs out, or the Bosch fuel injector takes a shit. These trucks can leave you by the side of road for a variety of reasons. The 5.9 Cummins is legendary but I'll stick with the 5.7 Chevy CKs.

So where’s the 3rd gen?

Might have bad rings

Thought this was about Cummins…

Buttermilk UJoint Battle!!!

Maybe your turbo seals are going bad.

It's an injector issue.

Yeah it’s a money pit LOL

If it’s white smoke it’s fuel

Yo you still sober bro?

not towable...in the slightest

Odd

Dodge means to avoid...

This is quite possibly the least informational video I've ever seen

All dodges are bad