Your thoughts on the 5.7 hemi tick

Kern Dog said

Every engine has a failure rate. Some are higher than others.
The 5.7 is not a bad engine. The failures you hear of drown out the millions of satisfied owners that don't get on the internet to praise their engine.
I am one of the millions that have had great service from this engine. I am closing in on 395,000 on a 2007 Ram 1500. It is starting to show some signs of being near the end but it has been great. Mine still idles great, makes decent power but has always used a bit of oil. I started it yesterday afternoon and had steam coming from the exhaust in 70 degree weather. That means an internal leak, maybe a head gasket. I'm destined to put another engine in this truck since I still like it.

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i agree, it's the same with everything be it motorcycles, blenders or even a couch. you're more likely to hear from the dissatisfied than any other segment of owners.

i bought an 04 1500 quad cab SLT w/ a 5.7 off the lot in early 05, brand spankin' new with 16 miles on it. i put another 220,000 on it until i sold it just a few years ago, and besides it absolutely loving to go thru brakes, the only thing out of the norm was an EGR valve one time.

at the end it developed a tick, the cam was fine and it wasn't throwing codes. i dropped the pan and it was clean, so i did a new pick up and gasket. drove it another two years and sold it on to a guy that's still cruising it around my hood about 4 years later now. still ticking.