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Thread: Check your air filter!!!
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03-05-2023, 06:11 PM #1
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Check your air filter!!!
Drove to NC to visit daughter and there is a nice RAM dealership in Sanford that I had my oil changed at once before. I was due so went back (they are way cheaper than the local dealer here -$600 vs $1100 for oil and fuel filters).
Well, truck was done and tech came out and said you really need to change the air filter which I thought the local dealer had done. NOT. He brought the old one out - filled with duck/chicken feathers and absolutely filthy - turns out it was original. Feathers were from all the ducks/chickens roaming the campgrounds that we stayed at I'm assuming.
Anyway, 19.5mpg on the way down - 21.7 on the way home!Robin & John
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03-05-2023, 06:14 PM #2
$600 for oil and fuel filter changes!!!! Never had a Ram, but that seems like way too much. Glad I do them myself.
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03-05-2023, 06:24 PM #3
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03-05-2023, 06:26 PM #4
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This is one of the very few times I purchased a maintenance contract. It cost me $5K up front for 100,000 miles. Not bad considering it covers ALL maintenance items, including brake pads, filters, etc., including oil changes. I figured I'd hedge against inflation since I would be putting it that kind of cash over the 100k miles anyway. Turns out, it was a good buy. The price of oil went through the roof during COVID and I had three oil changes during that time. I have 47k miles on the truck right now, and I would have paid over $6,500 for the maintenance to date (this is the dealer doing the work). Normally, I would do the work, so it's nice that someone else is doing it, for now.
Mark & Mary. Full-timing across the USA (and Canada)!
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03-05-2023, 06:32 PM #5
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Last edited by ajg617; 03-05-2023 at 06:35 PM.
Robin & John
2020 Ram 3500 LB SRW 4WD Crew Laramie 6.7HO Aisin, 55gal Titan 4014 payload
2022 Solitude 310GK-R - Dual pane, factory solar & Onan, 8K axles with discs, 18K GVWR, W/D, Heat Pump, Goosebox, Battleborn
2023 stays
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03-05-2023, 06:37 PM #6
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Mark & Mary. Full-timing across the USA (and Canada)!
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03-05-2023, 06:40 PM #7
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Robin & John
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03-05-2023, 06:43 PM #8
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Mark & Mary. Full-timing across the USA (and Canada)!
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Current Rig: 2019 Ford F350 SD Crew Cab, w/8' box, Lariat, SRW, 6.7l Diesel
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03-05-2023, 06:47 PM #9
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