Exhaust brake

[Harley3348]

New owner Of 2023 Ram 3500 diesel dually and have been reading articles about the exhaust break. I always thought that the only time to use the exhaust was when you were towing. Some say that you should have it on all the time towing or not. Looking for any thoughts.
thanks

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

Leave it on full and enjoy longer lasting brakes and longer lasting turbo. There are more downsides to not using it than there are for using it

 

[flan]

It does help with brake wear also exercises the variable vane turbo, helping the exhaust housing remain problem free.

 

[Harley3348]

H3LZSN1P3R, flan,
Thank you for the info.

 

[elephantrider]

full send on the eb. all the time.

I even drive around empty in tow mode sometimes!

 

[Ramsomair]

Wish you could switch it on once and not every time you start up.

 

[AH64ID]

But don't use it on snow/ice, as it will likely make you swap ends really fast when it engages in 2wd on slick roads.

 

[CdnHO]

Good for the turbo and good for the brakes. While not built into the turbo I used my exhaust brake on my 2003 HO dually all the time. Got 80K miles out of the original brakes. A lot of that towing. The EB on my 2021 is way stronger than the 2003. Really slows down my heavy fifth wheel in T/H.

 

[flan]

Wish you could switch it on once and not every time you start up.

Some programmers allow that, along with HP increases.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

Wish you could switch it on once and not every time you start up.

Mine does with my tuning…

 

[AH64ID]

Mine does with my tuning…

Yep, the ability is in the ECM it’s just disabled on the PU tuning from Ram.

 

[elephantrider]

I'm glad mine stays on.

 

[CdnHO]

Once you get in the habit of turning it on when you start up, it is no big deal.

 

[Ramsomair]

Yeah its pretty much a routine for me. Been doing it for 10 years on all my work trucks and now on my personal truck.
Fire truck up and push exhaust brake and turn off traction control every time.