re: replacing engine in truck

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I hate fricking Dodges and opted to trade it. I bought a valve conditioner oil additive and it temporarily solved the problem. It worked long enough to trade it in on a Tacoma

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I sure hope you told the dealer that, who gave you $ for a truck they now have to sink $ into or give to a customer who may be stuck in your POS you decided not to fix correctly. (hope your not one of those guys that complained about trade value and got every dollar you could because your bad purchase decision)

This was exactly what happen to my wife's car but bad gas was the culprit.

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Also I'm curious of how a camshaft suddenly "goes bad"

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Cam shaft? It got exposed to the pressure of a Super Bowl.

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Jesus.

Truck is 3 years old and the damn engine needs to be replaced?

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And the OP is here looking for ways to dump even more money into this hunk of junk.

What exactly is bad about the camshaft here? 5.7's use the same technology pretty much all big OEMs are using these days which is press fitting PM forged cam lobes on to a hollow shaft. Unless one of the cam lobes spun out of place on the shaft then not much can go wrong with them. Those 5.7s were notorious for having problems with the toner ring at the crank snout breaking and losing crankshaft position reading. You also have a ECM controlled cam phaser that could be the problem and is a much cheaper fix.

Yes it's the 5.7.
I've took it to several shops, both independent mechanics and dealers. All say the same thing.
The intake lobe is worn on the number 3 cylinder. Slowly happened over a period of time. Engine light would come on would I would pass a car. Then would go off. One day it came on and stayed on. Ran code and it said cylinder 3 misfire. Changed the coil and plugs. Light stayed on and still missing. That's when I started taking to shops to figure out what was going on. Thought the first guy was trying to get over on me which led to taking elsewhere. Same thing from everywhere.
It's hard to find anyone that wants to do internal engine work. The dealer quoted me 5500 to change the cam. Yea don't think so lol. 9500 to change engine. The truck has 125k miles on it. So I figured I'd look into replacing the whole thing.

Or like yall said, the truck could dissappear and I could get a new one.....any suggestions?

Jasper engines are solid. Not only do they build them but they try to upgrade certain parts that are common problems for engines that come from the manufacturer. I sold plenty of Jasper engines and have had plenty of happy customers. Solid company building solid engines with a lot of thought going in to doing it right .

125,000 on a 3 year old truck is a lot. Regardless, it's an uncommon issue with that motor I assure you. Go on lxforums or Dodgetalk.com and put out a feeler for people to help. I promise someone in the area would be willing to help you for a couple hundred bucks and a case of beer so long as you supply the parts and what not. Cam swaps aren't that hard on the 5.7. This is all assuming it's a cam only issue. If it messed anything else up it'll get more costly.

My Dodge truck was barely out of warranty when my transmission started acting up. I called Chysler main office and they helped me out considerably. Local dodge dealer made repair at warranty price. (Way cheaper than the rates they charge normally) Chrysler paid half and I paid the other half on parts and labor. Generous on their part.

They may not do anything for you, but worth a shot.