6.4 Hemi Ticking

318willrun said

this is interesting..... 100 yrs of manufacturing and can't give the reliability of a 40 year old 318. It's sad is what it really is. I've not bought, nor I don't know if I would be interested in the Gen III hemi.
I had an old say'n that if it ends in 7, stay away from it. (2.7, 3.7, 4.7, 5.7) Meanwhile my ole' 360 mag in my '01 Ram runs flawlessly at 238,***

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When I first found out I was nervous too but for every one person with this problem there are like 5 people with 150-200k+ miles on their original Hemi and no issues whatsoever. I *think* with some extra care (running really good oil, keeping up on maintenance etc.) the issue can be preventable. Heck there's an article on Allpar.com about a guy who got his 2004 Hemi Ram up to 500k (yes half a million) miles on his original engine. He says it dropped a valve due to a defective valve spring around 115k miles but that was the only issue.

Here's a link in case you're curious: Jubel Caldwell's Half-a-Million-Mile 2004 Ram 1500