No More Grid Heater Problems
Jarid Greene uses his 2020 Ram 6.7L Cummins truck daily for both work and as his daily driver. After some disappointing service from his dealer, he found the Monster Ram to be the answer to his problems. “I’m in this truck all the time, and I haul a dump trailer and a tool trailer to my job sites,” said Jarid, “so the truck is pretty much always in use. All my life I’ve had used vehicles, but with this one it was my first new one. I told the dealer to give me the best that they had.” Jarid has kept up his maintenance and had it all done by his dealer. When it hit around 127,000 miles on the truck he got what he calls “the countdown to death” message to clean his system out, but he had already taken it in for service at 100,000 miles and ended up having to pay $2,000 for a cleaning service.
They claimed that they did a full cleaning of all of the carbon buildup, but Jarid found that they seemed to have skipped a major flow area. “I had it done not too long ago, but to have to do it again so soon… that shouldn’t happen, nor should it be as catastrophic as it was. I don’t really know what counts as a total system cleanout to them, but the intake was in bad shape. There was an unbelievable amount of carbon wedged in the heater grid. It looked like charcoal briquets were shoved in there like I was getting ready for a BBQ. There was almost no breathing space between the grid, and I could instantly see why my fuel mileage was so bad. The engine was being suffocated, and at this point I have officially given up on the dealer.”
“I bought the Monster-Ram because of all of the videos I saw, especially the ones with Gale explaining exactly what the problems are with the stock intake and that the grid heater bolt is a failure point. I could say that it wouldn’t happen to me, but that’s the time that luck strikes you down… and I didn’t want to be a victim. Not only would I be getting rid of the specter of engine doom, but the carbon-collecting heater grid is replaced with a high-flow plate and a heater coil that doesn’t block air-flow. I didn’t have any problems installing it, and afterward, I noticed right away that my truck had way better acceleration and more mileage, and it even sounded better. The grid is gone, so no more clogged inlet. The design is solid, and I have the peace of mind that I won’t be down because of that bolt causing engine damage. I feel really confident about it, and I’m looking at getting the Boost Tube Upgrade, a Ram-Air intake, and a Ram-Air Differential Cover next.