Don’t Ignore Warning Signs

0:00 if you own a 2007 to current Ram 6.7 L
0:03 cumin turbo diesel engine this video is
0:06 for you this small bolt can cost Ram
0:09 owners up to
0:11 $30,000 in engine
0:13 damage this is the grid heater Bolt from
0:16 a cing 6.7 L turbo diesel engine and if
0:19 it fails it falls into your intake
0:21 manifold and rolls downhill into your
0:24 cylinder at best it’ll get wedged into
0:26 your intake valve or Bounce Around the
0:28 cylinder damaging your piston cylinder
0:30 wall and head but at worst this bolt
0:33 could cause enough damage to require
0:35 total engine replacement we’ve seen this
0:38 bolt snap melt and even break off in our
0:41 hands we’ll show you exactly what causes
0:44 this problem how you can test the see if
0:46 your bolt is about to fail and what your
0:48 options are to prevent it here we can
0:50 see the factory intake heater otherwise
0:53 known as the grid heater from the 6.7 L
0:55 cummin and this is the culprit this stud
0:59 connects the 12vt lead to the grid
1:02 heater so it experiences both heat from
1:04 the grid heater and high electrical
1:07 current over time the stud corrodes
1:10 weakens and melts or if you own a ram
1:12 where the heater solenoid has failed or
1:15 stuck on this stud and Nut could melt
1:18 and fall off like a stalagtite from the
1:20 top of a cave oh I just broke it off
1:22 when it falls it rolls downhill
1:24 eventually finding its way into the
1:25 intake manifold and into cylinder number
1:28 six once thought to occur only in Rams
1:31 where the grid heater was heavily used
1:33 thanks to cold climates we now know that
1:36 this failure occurs all over the country
1:38 regardless of ambient conditions or
1:40 their amount of use failures have been
1:42 recorded in warm climates such as
1:44 California Arizona Texas New Mexico and
1:47 Florida can you imagine the people that
1:49 live in a cold environment where they’re
1:50 constantly using their grid heater and
1:52 putting it to work like this thing looks
1:54 brand new and it is and you can see the
1:56 damage that’s already been done and to
1:58 make matters worse the percentage of
1:59 trucks that succumb to this failure is
2:01 still unknown luckily there are a few
2:04 ways that you can catch this issue
2:05 before it happens as the grid heater
2:08 bolt deteriorates it loses its ability
2:11 to conduct current if you see a check
2:13 engine light check the code with a scan
2:15 tool or Banks ID Dash if the scan tool
2:18 returns a
2:19 p2609 or p0542 code this indicates
2:23 abnormal grid heater performance and the
2:26 grid heater is
2:27 malfunctioning the next step is a phys
2:29 physical inspection you can’t get to the
2:31 grid heater bolt without taking off the
2:33 intake elbow fuel lines and intake plate
2:36 but you can access the top of the grid
2:38 heater stud where the 12volt lead is
2:41 connected locate the 12volt lead and
2:44 give the cable a wiggle don’t touch the
2:46 metal stud with the batteries connected
2:48 as you could get shocked just wiggle the
2:51 cable if you feel any significant
2:53 movement this means that the nut that
2:55 was supposed to hold the stud on tightly
2:57 From Below has loosened and could be
3:00 hanging by a thread or worse it could
3:03 already have broken free do not start
3:06 your truck have the truck towed to your
3:08 local mechanic so who has the solution
3:12 am sure doesn’t even though this is a
3:14 major design flaw that has affected a
3:16 significant number of trucks Ram has not
3:18 issued a recall or service bulletin in
3:21 fact if you do try to get this fixed at
3:22 a Ram dealer not only will it cost you
3:25 around $3,000 in parts and labor but
3:27 they’ll replace the failing Parts with
3:29 the same ones that will eventually fail
3:31 again the smart coste effective solution
3:34 is to install a Banks monster ram when
3:37 we engineered the monster ram our goal
3:39 was to improve air flow power throttle
3:41 response and fuel economy the monster
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3:46 fixes the grid heater bolt issue
3:49 permanently here’s how you see the stock
3:52 grid heater is a massive obstruction in
3:54 the path of air flow the monster ram
3:56 system replaces the stock grid heater
3:58 with a high flow Billet intake plate and
4:00 if you’re in a cold climate where you
4:02 need a heater for cold starts the
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4:06 mounted vertically in the intake elbow
4:08 offering less restriction and eliminates
4:10 the chance of a bolt melting and
4:12 dropping into the engine best of all the
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4:18 than an OEM replacement installation can
4:21 be performed at home with basic hand
4:23 tools or by any one of our hundreds of
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4:37 problem by replacing the faulty part and
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