rammansam

1st 150000 miles, every 3000 +/- mi., then every 7500+/- mi. till I hit 400000mi, now it's every 8-9000 +/- miles. Only time valves adjusted was when head gasket was changed. Let me say that I don't do a lot of heavy towing but have a time or two. The only off-road I do is 4-5 times a year when I go hunting or fishing.

Crallscars

I changed mine for the first 150,000 every 5000 miles, then when crude oil prices went up and oil prices went to new highs, I changed to every 10,000 miles.

The truck now has 240,000 and I was considering going back to every 5000 miles.

My 1992 I did the valves adjustment every 50,000 and the performance did change with valve adjustment, this 2001 they say it's not necessary, but I can hear them clattering a little.

hzemax

425509 miles on the meter. #2 transmission build by pros in Finland, low stall turbine (that sucks in the wintertimes). I change oil about 20k miles Castrol semisyntethic and trans service at 100k miles. It takes motoroil about qarter/10k miles.

My truck is only used as a workhorse and it most certainly has served me well. You cant drive allmost a half million miles with a crappy car, i think.

Ofcource i take a good care/maintenance my truck seriously and best of all,,, im pretty proud of it.

jrs_dodge_diesel

I am nowhere near the top mile prize. My truck is just approaching 150,000.

hzemax

Way to go. what year is your truck?
I had mine +180 hp chipped few years ago n thats burned my first trans, stupid i was i qess.

Had my transmission built by pro dragracing team n ive been driving my Dodge about 100k miles since. Cost me about 5000 e since i live in europe n up north.

Tho my Dodge kicks *** every time i hit the local freeway






way to go

Truckman

349595 Miles on the Truck, BUT Changed the engine at 186000, Had #53 Block crack.

hzemax

Had my first Cam position sencor code today,,, and the rev meter went down,
Perhapse it is the camshaft sensor i guess. Truck works fine .

dieselfreak21

331000 on my 99. 1 VP pump, 2 lift pumps and 1 transmission. Numerous front Rotors. Finally Swapped in a 2000 or 2001 axle. Would take it cross country with no worries. 03 has 208000 1 transmission, 1 clutch(smoked it), rebuilt injectors FWIW.

Crallscars

I just hit 255, 000, on my 4th VP44, the 3rd VP was damaged with water in fuel.

Only thing it needs is a new oil dip stick

hzemax

454225 miles on the meter. 2001 2500 rwd. I use the truck as a working vecihle 5 days a week, about 200 miles a day. I bought it from Florida few years ago and it is in Finland now. Transmission had to be rebuild 2 years ago n it has all the bulletproof parts that it needs to handle the Quadzilla chip. Converter is allso a lower stall version (made in Finland). Last summer it went 15,04/ qarter mile, wich is not so bad for a truck so high miles and the fact that the track was very slippery, as runways usyally are.

hzemax

My VP44 has over 400 000 miles on it and ive had 2 dead pedals during the time that i owned my Dodge. 2 transfer pumps later, its still kicking ***.

Fuelpressure gauge was intalled after first transfer pump passed away.

Too bad that you have so crappy fuel, that breaks those pumps.

KATOOM

Lots of people are still in denial about the quality of diesel in this country as they state that all the tests show ULSD is fine. My opinion is the EPA has forced a fuel barely capable of making it through the older diesels without creating problems. Not "dirty" fuel but not a good source of lubrication.

hzemax

There could be something between Finnish and American diesel fuel,, (to be continiued)
In Finland we have wery controlled fuel tax system. All traffic fuels are taxed,,, but gasoline is taxed by liters/gallons. And thats all. You think its great,, huh?,,,,NOPE.
Gas costs about 1,5e/litre. 2bucks/qart. cheap HUH? 8 Bucks/gallon HUH?

Diesel costs about 1,2/litre A little less.
Why diesel costs less than gas?
Simple. Diesel vecihle owners pay / the weight of the vecihle some fueltax.
some cents/100kg
Heavy vecihle pays more
For exampel 6.5 diesel chevy suburban 4X4 the tax can be about 4000e,,, 4500bucks
So you have to drive a heck to compencate the tax difference. Wellcome to Finland