I made a HUGE mistake, but that's OK // Ram 2500 Ep5

Well, really didn't want to have post this, but I made a huge mistake during my engine rebuild series on the Ram 2500. But I wanted to be perfectly transparent with you guys and let you know what I did, and give some advice along the way. Appreciate all of you watching and subscribing!
0:00-0:25 Intro
0:26-1:40 Showing and explaining the issue
1:41-1:55 Ice storm
1:56-4:44 Explaining Blow-by and potential causes
4:45-8:54 Diagnosing the issue
8:55-10:11 Reassembly
10:12-10:59 Results
11:00-11:47 Outro and bloopers
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[@The3chordwonder]

Man what a refreshing thing to see someone admit their failures. It's rare nowadays. I screw something up all the time, cars and other things. Sometimes experience can teach you things that a book wouldn't.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks Tucker, appreciate you watching 👍

[@Pappy412]

We all know stuff happens it's all about how we bounce back that matters... That's still an awesome job

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks Carl! 👍

[@tomcooper920]

Ya know there was 2 things that really jumped out at me about this video: 1- your in Texas and I can see you breath! 😄😄😄 I hope you family pulled through it OK! 2- Ton of respect for you for taking ownership in your work and showing us when things go bad. Thanks for your honesty!

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks Tom, yea was a crazy week for sure, lost power for multiple days, only lost water for one day. A lot of people in the town near us lost power and water for over a week with temperature in the teens! the snow wasn't really the problem, it's just that this place has no infrastructure whatsoever to handle that sort of thing. Total meltdown! Thank you for watching as always! 👍

[@phendrix9476]

Your INTEGRITY shows thru with this video. We all make mistakes & kudos to you for showing us how this happened. I’ve been working on vehicles for a long time & made a ton of mistakes myself. Thanks again bro

[@lovemyhemi5258]

I appreciate your honesty, transparency and especially the lesson to not take anything for granted like low mileage. Thank you for this important lesson.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thank you for sticking with me! 👍

[@gibsonn14]

Low mileage means NOTHING to me! Alot of people looking for vehicles care about miles and nothing else, it's crazy. I'm currently driving an 05 ram 1500 Hemi with 220k miles and the thing runs and drives like it's new, and I got it from an older guy who took care of it. That's the best way to buy a truck

[@jakemason9436]

Thanks for being honest. We all amie mistakes and miss things. Takes a good person to admit it.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks Jake I appreciate it!

[@davestewart9146]

We all make mistakes, much respect for owning up to it and sharing with us 👍😁

[@ReignitedAuto]

Appreciate it Dave! 👍

[@lawsonhollenbaugh3626]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY & INTEGRITY, SORRY YOU HAD TO DO THIS JOB TWICE. YOUR A GREAT MECHANIC AND A BETTER PERSON

[@bigjmma6797]

I would just like to thank you. You are great at teaching and giving step by step . I successfully rebuilt my 07 5.9 Cummins with the help of your videos. I greatly appreciate it all the help and knowledge.

[@rfregia2012]

Glad I stumbled across this playlist! I am gonna have to re-build my 2007 5.9 as it is having the same excessive blow by. I was kind of intimidated by it at first, but after watching this it doesn’t seem that bad. And glad you went back over any mistakes or things someone might miss as they are doing it. Made me take a mental note of it!!

[@MrKmoneyone]

We've all been there brother. Glad you found it.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks Kevin!

[@wyattst.michael6713]

I like the little bloopers at the end! Keep up the good work 😁 love it like always

[@albetherechillin]

My man!!! Appreciate this sometimes we rush the smallest things bro.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks man!

[@stankrieger3137]

great advice. I need to remember to keep passing this word of wisdom along.

[@e.l.9589]

Measure twice, cut once theory. This is how we implement change in our lives.

[@frankbonura5710]

It takes a big man to admit his mistakes. It takes an even bigger man to share those mistakes with 13,500 subscribers. I have also learned that you can learn from the mistakes of others. Thank you for sharing and teaching us.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks for watching Frank!

[@barrybruckner6919]

Thanks for being transparent shows integrity. Appreciate you I just bought the same truck has 380k has blow by. I got it cheap enough to be able to fix it and be ok (I hope)

[@zomie1]

Oh man! It happens to the best of us. I love the honesty and it certainly builds much respect for admitting an error.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks man!

[@scottiopizza7565]

Hey poop happens:) I remember I had a Buick 350 V8 come back after I put at least 1 new piston in it, maybe more. I fixed the damage, but not the cause. It came back with another damaged piston a few weeks later. Turns out the EGR valve wasn't working, and I had to eat the labor to repair the engine. I then sent it to the "tune-up dept." Lesson learned the hard way. Back then we had specialized departments. We NEVER stop learning.

[@ReignitedAuto]

You're right about that, some just hurt more than others 😂

[@kevinredden]

Great rebuild series. Thank you. I'm going to be rebuilding a cummins this Spring

[@norman_sage2528]

Thanks for posting

[@matthewperry7812]

Puttin it back on the road and back to work 👍 That hail did a number on your tree!

[@ReignitedAuto]

What happened was, we had freezing rain first, which put about 1" thick of ice all over the trees, then it was below freezing for about 10 days, and the weight was too much for the trees. Our place got off pretty easy actually. Some places it looked like a tornado had gone through with all the downed trees!

[@Anthony-qj7qe]

We all make mistakes that's how we learn, what's truly awesome is that you didn't try to hide it from anyone and just pass it.... you're a man of integrity and made an honest mistake. 👍

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks for watching Anthony!

[@tsal4379]

love your attitude man. excellent videos!

[@gibsonn14]

That had to hurt, having to do all that work again! But it feels good knowing you fixed the engine properly and can sleep better at night. I bet alot of mechanics out there would pretend they never saw that and send it on its way haha. I just started my mobile repair shop 6 months ago and I'm CONSTANTLY learning new things about certain jobs I'm taking, the way to go about them and how to handle tricky customers. I've made plenty of mistakes so far, but every experience helps me learn how to treat the next one that comes along and I get better every day for it.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Absolutely right!

[@feron450]

Very awesome of you to make this video and admit the mistake. You sir got a new subscriber. Also being that this poor cummins has been over bored and then spun a bearing after that whoever owned that truck was not a fan of basic maintenance at all.

[@Bediasman]

Bad 4 you, great for me (more of your videos) yea. Really enjoy your channel, thank you for your efforts.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thank you for watching them I really appreciate it!

[@shjones27]

An admirable video..... Very much a reality when doing mechanic work. It's hard to think of everything, every time and all the time. I think you have to spend a bunch of time prethinking and making check lists that you actually print out and check off. Assumptions are always dangerous. If verifying tolerances is cheap and easy during the rebuild process, then it's always better to verify and take your time doing it all. Hind sight is always 20/20. Anyone that gets good at anything pays this kind of price eventually and more often frequently. Although it's forced education you didn't want, you are better for it. If you did that truck model again you'll be even more proficient in the process.

[@ReignitedAuto]

You're right about that Scott, thank you for watching and commenting! 👍

[@stevefrench4595]

At least the rest of us learned something the easy way. I never would have thought to check for an oversized bore on a low milage engine. Thanks for this series

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks for watching Steve!

[@shawnlowry5834]

Thanks for the positive feedback and encouragement. We all make mistakes and sharing this may help another.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Absolutely!

[@ewconway]

Yes great you found the problem, admitted the mistake, fixed it and now you can learn again and move on.. 👍

[@ReignitedAuto]

Appreciate you Eric! 👍

[@DaleWalkerHoleshot]

I fire myself at least once a week, so don't feel to bad !

[@ReignitedAuto]

😂

[@throwaway692]

Dude.. just wanted to say... Much Respect. That had to hurt. And you could have said nothing. You have a new follower/subscriber. I learned a lot watching the rebuild. Yuda man. :)

[@ReignitedAuto]

Appreciate you watching! 👍

[@andrewway3404]

Another great video! My transmission professor always said "figure it out" , when we asked him a question.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Doesn't sound like much of an instructor 😄

[@andrewway3404]

@@ReignitedAuto It was really frustrating as a student!

[@03mm24]

Your honesty makes you one of if not my top automotive channel....plus you work on Mopar 🤙

[@ReignitedAuto]

Appreciate you watching! 👍

[@nhra7110]

Outstanding video! A great reminder to all no matter how experienced one may be, we all make (dumb) mistakes and the key is to try and not make it twice. I just feel terrible at the amount of labor you had to re-do pulling that beast apart, but hey, it's what we do right? :-)

[@ReignitedAuto]

That's the truth! Appreciate you watching 👍

[@brandonsimunac]

Easy enough mistake to make though. Thanks for being honest and not trying to blame someone or something else for it!

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks Brandon I appreciate it!

[@johnmosely4216]

Good job

[@sadboycali]

I've made a mistake kinda like that with my LA 360. Rebuild the heads put it all back together just to figure out I had 60 compression on cylinder 8 🤦‍♂️ cars have definitely taught me to be patient, take your time, and don't beat yourself that hard. Could of used your advice a log time ago 😂

[@jackcook6735]

When a 5.9 Cummins does that leave you stranded in the middle of the desert you fall in love with them, when I drove A Ford I took extra water and food.

[@ReignitedAuto]

😄👍

[@ModdedGarage]

i really enjoy this channel. keep up the good work.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks for watching!

[@ModdedGarage]

@@ReignitedAuto so just pulled my head and manifold at 80k miles on an srt8 213 challenger. had a tick developing. no lifter damage i can see. but there is weird wear on the lobing of the camshaft. i have also seen this gouging and pitting on other camshafts i have from dodge motors. one with the pitting you displayed on the video one with just oddly flattened spots where the material on the lobes is lower than the outside edges. i have yet to see this on most other makes of engines. and maybe its a quality issue of the camshafts and maybe the camshaft is the actual culprit that is eventually destroying the lifters?

[@ReignitedAuto]

@@ModdedGarage totally agree at this point. All of what I've seen has pointed to failed hardening of the cam lobes. Not to say the lifter material isn't sub par, but really it's a chicken or egg scenario at this point.

[@MM_in_Havasu]

I think all of us who work in this career field have had an "oops" happen to us before........mine was doing a complete overhaul on a 750cc motorcycle engine while working for a Honda dealer. Imagine the "oh, sh!+" when I was running in a fresh engine and couldn't help but notice the wristpin circlips all sitting on the workbench in their little plastic bag they came in.........thankfully, no harm was done to the fresh bores after disassembly and installation of circlips!

[@ReignitedAuto]

Haha, I've had a moment very similar to that!

[@c14back2nitrogen9]

God bless you thank you for sharing this vids

[@russmurphy7062]

I have to commend you. Few will actually take responsibility for anything. The old trick of handing the problem down the line, wouldn't exactly work here. A full rebuild with that kind of blow by, yeah, you screwed the pooch. But you owned up and took the fall. You're a hell of a mechanic and man.

[@ReignitedAuto]

I appreciate that Russ, thanks for watching!

[@michaelc6522]

Great video's enjoyed them. I am not a professional mechanic but I have built a few engines I was taught that you always check all the clearances even when it comes from the machine shop someone might be having a bad day and didn't check his work. I was surprised that when you bought a used crank you did not check the measurements . And you never know the history of a engine so it is a good idea to check everything.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Certainly true enough. I'll just say this: when I'm buying used parts that are factory parts, I usually don't worry too much about checking clearances because they are machined from the factory to a certain tolerance. If I were getting parts back from a machinist as you mentioned, absolutely I'd be checking them. All that being said, had I slowed down and checked a few things first, I could have saved myself a lot of trouble. Lesson learned the hard way... 👍

[@user-ti7ud6ms3u]

Even sounds better

[@ReignitedAuto]

You're right!

[@larmo5633]

It's a good humbling experience..

[@ReignitedAuto]

That's the truth!

[@richardjones990]

A dial bore gauge is your friend. Purchase this tool and remove any doubt about the size of the cylinder along with additional facts about the condition of your cylinders.

[@ReignitedAuto]

You're right about that Richard!

[@Bigsexy611]

You live and you learn

[@ReignitedAuto]

No question 👍

[@wesleymyers8205]

Love your videos man! It's helping me prepare for my hemi rebuild on my 1500 Mega Cab. I actually had a few questions about that if you have time to chat, I can give you my contact information. I'm also located in Texas btw.

[@doulos77]

you're a solid dude

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thank you, and I appreciate you watching!

[@frankmelero5511]

Hi, Awesome videos. Where the Pistons Oversized or Standard?

[@evil_me]

As a heavy diesel technician, I deal mostly with larger engines. In the 10L and larger engines you have to bed the rings with driving it under a good load for 50+ miles. A fresh engine will have blowby until the rings are seated. Also some engines have blowby because of the exhaust value guides.

[@ReignitedAuto]

I want nothing to do with heavy diesel stuff 😂 Appreciate the info!

[@evil_me]

@@ReignitedAuto just saying, might need a little break in the run at 100% even if it's a little diesel. 😎

[@joeperry8518]

Yay new video! Give yourself a break you weren’t rebuilding a 350 Chevy no reason to expect an otherwise stock 5.9 with that low of miles would have been over bored. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@ReignitedAuto]

Caught me by surprise that's for sure!

[@turbyturbo1]

nice vid !

[@ReignitedAuto]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@deanlee1871]

Kudo's to you owning your mistake. Yes scuffi6 up those cylinder walls most definitely is a problem but is there a chance a ring spun

[@laughter939]

I have built many diesel engines never without honing when the cross hatch is gone the cylinder life is as well.

[@Hitech82]

Always I mean ALWAYS run a ball hone thru the cylinders before ever putting back together.

[@alejandroboxer1]

I'm about to start a "mild build" on my 1998 12 valve. I figure new piston rings and main bearings should keep it alive and well for another 300 k miles

[@RohanSanjith]

Must change both main and rod bearings!

[@nateleonard4909]

another youtube certified mechanic

[@ReignitedAuto]

Chrysler certified too, but I've got the KZbin sticker if you want to see it 😄

[@ryanstuckey5392]

Did you get the correct size pistons or run the stock ones with bigger rings?

[@stonewintjen505]

At least you went back and fixed it, a lot of mechanics would have left it as is with issues.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Sadly, you're not wrong. Lot's of problems with my industry these days.... Appreciate you watching! 👍

[@christopherbishop4905]

I have seen much worse blow by with a Cummins and the truck runs and goes great with no issues

[@ReignitedAuto]

It would for sure, but I just couldn't let it go being as how I just put it together! Thanks for watching 👍

[@localyokel1000]

Pistons weren't stamped 20 over? Nice of them

[@TheProchargedmopar]

👍💪

[@Worthfishing]

So you mean to tell me it was bored 20 over if so it shoulda been stamped on the piston? or did you check?

[@nexpro6118]

don't catch cans also solve blow by?

[@frankmelero5511]

Pistons were Standard? What Piston Rings did you have to buy?

[@av8tore71]

How much did this mistake cost you? Did you reuse the head bolts?

[@mattsimmons9537]

Nice to se you own your mistake but. Did you change the pistons out if the cylinders are bored .020 over not only do you have to get different rings but also different pistons.

[@cwg1998]

If you didn’t replace the injectors I’d look there the 2006 trucks are notorious for this once injectors go bad they wash out cylinders etc had a friend go through the same thing shop rebuilt the engine 3 times never replaced the injectors turned out to be the issue causing the blow by

[@ReignitedAuto]

For sure, the guy I bought it from just had the injectors replaced, probably for whatever issue occured prior!

[@DependableAutoTruck]

usually the pistons are stamped on top

[@ReignitedAuto]

Another thing I should've checked!

[@victordcabral]

Looks like my 24 valve with 400 plus

[@fj5gtx770]

Agh!...Pistons weren't marked as oversize? Otherwise, when was the last time you had to grind off the ring to get them to size? Seems like anymore manufacturing tolerance's are so tight that I haven't had to custom size a ring for a very long time.

[@Basslightning666]

When I am in my studio writing a song, I keep working out the rough spots until it's polished product, similar to a mechanic trouble shooting steps like you did here.... My question is could a catch can help here on this high mileage engine, or is the solution just the piston sizing?

[@ReignitedAuto]

That's awesome that you write songs. I got into music fairly recently and I've been blown away by just how complicated it really is! I definitely did not give it the credit it deserves. To answer your question, it was definitely a piston ring issue, these older dodges don't run any kind of catch can system, they just vent directly to atmosphere unlike the cars. 👍

[@Basslightning666]

@@ReignitedAuto Ok, thanks ... I love your video series on here. I'm not a technician, but I would love to some day build a muscle car from a barn find. My daily driver is a Challenger RT Shaker, similar to the one you refurbished and sold.

[@curtisgore1611]

You will never make that mistake again!

[@DaFrostyG]

Don’t think that A lot of Blow By, by any means.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Comparatively on an engine that I had just rebuilt it was bad enough that I couldn't accept it. Appreciate you watching! 👍

[@DaFrostyG]

@@ReignitedAuto oh i understand that, love the channel. Just stating I’ve seen a lot worse 😂

[@hey_youtubeim_back2159]

If it was bore .020 over shouldnt you use over sized pistons? In the gas world this would be standard procedure

[@carterbowie8223]

Lol I wish I could just take apart my Cummins and put it back together 😂

[@ReignitedAuto]

I'm getting better at it every time! 😂

[@rfortier1615]

Deboss garage Bro

[@ReignitedAuto]

Good call on that!

[@LucasLeCompteMusic]

Im confused as to why someone overboard the engine by that much. Where they trying to make more power out of it? It seems like something very dumb for them to do. Even though you had to break the engine down again, at least it was a simple fix!

[@ReignitedAuto]

At some point in the past the truck must have had an internal engine issue. If the cylinder walls are scored badly enough they have to bore them out to make the cylinder walls useable again. 👍

[@LucasLeCompteMusic]

@@ReignitedAuto ahhh ok that makes sense!

[@crazypeoplearoundtheworld304]

I do the same thing.

[@gtubyyy]

ASSUME NOTHING ! ONCE A LADY LEFT HER CAR AFTER PARKING IT. IT WOULD NOT START. AFTER CHECKING THE CAR FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER OTHER I REALIZED THE KEY SECURITY LIGHT WAS ON UP UNTIL THAT MOMENT IT SEAMED NORMAL.CALLED HER AND ASKED IF SHE LEFT THE SAME KEY SHE DROVE IT WITH. NOPE

[@ReignitedAuto]

😄 classic!

[@davephawke8944]

Ah stuff happens

[@ReignitedAuto]

Appreciate it Dave!

[@davephawke8944]

@@ReignitedAuto no worries let's hope I don't mess things up when I put my engine back together when my parts show up then I'm going to get my butt back to work I'm not sure if I'm going to go back to hauling logs or gravel yup I'm a truck driver

[@shaggyduder]

Makes a guy wonder why the engine had been worked on, I have a feelin it was chipped and was being hot rodded.

[@ReignitedAuto]

I have a feeling a lot of bad things happened to this engine 😂

[@cd5beast]

Do you have an Instagram?

[@ReignitedAuto]

@reigntied.tx 👍

[@toddgibbs1321]

We all learn by our mistakes. You won’t ever make that one again.

[@ReignitedAuto]

Truth!

[@ewconway]

Do you have an E-mail address associated with this channel?

[@ReignitedAuto]

[e-mail] 👍

[@MrBrownCanadian]

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