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6.7 Engine Air Filter Confusion

OLEJOE said:
That’s what I use. I haven’t cleaned mine since I originally did it at around 6k miles and now at 33k miles. I was hoping we were over the air filter BS but evidently not. I’m currently running a FleetGuard filter like the one @Units posted that he was having trouble with. I just completed another Active Regen with 25 hours on the EVIC and 990 miles and nothing on the DPF gauge. These trucks shouldn’t be that sensitive as to which quality filter to use. I get trying to run a cheap filter but any good quality filters should be good. I still think it’s one of the sensors not acting right 100% of the time.
@Units I would appreciate it if you could DM me the details on your remedy if you don’t mind.
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I read that the 22+ trucks got new MAP sensors that are now super finnicky and sensitive. It's one of the reasons that when guys put their trucks on a diet plan they have to swap out the MAP, particularly if the OE military tune is flashed to the truck. Maybe that's why the 22+ trucks are so sensitive to air filters?
 
WXman said:
I read that the 22+ trucks got new MAP sensors that are now super finnicky and sensitive. It's one of the reasons that when guys put their trucks on a diet plan they have to swap out the MAP, particularly if the OE military tune is flashed to the truck. Maybe that's why the 22+ trucks are so sensitive to air filters?
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I’m more interested in the OE Military tune.
 
OLEJOE said:
I’m more interested in the OE Military tune.
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LIke, as in what is it? Very short version.. the military gets their trucks with no emissions on them. Somebody figured out that since it's an OE factory tune on those truck, that tune can be flashed to ANY Ram 2500 Standard Output Cummins/68RFE truck. This means no ECM swap is needed. Of course, this doesn't allow for power bumps, transmission tuning, etc. But it's a quick and easy way to shut off the problematic mechanical parts of civilian versions of these trucks. However, a specific MAP sensor must be used or the truck will throw CELs. This is said to be due to how finnicky the 2022-2024 MAP sensors are.
 
WXman said:
LIke, as in what is it? Very short version.. the military gets their trucks with no emissions on them. Somebody figured out that since it's an OE factory tune on those truck, that tune can be flashed to ANY Ram 2500 Standard Output Cummins/68RFE truck. This means no ECM swap is needed. Of course, this doesn't allow for power bumps, transmission tuning, etc. But it's a quick and easy way to shut off the problematic mechanical parts of civilian versions of these trucks. However, a specific MAP sensor must be used or the truck will throw CELs. This is said to be due to how finnicky the 2022-2024 MAP sensors are.
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Very interesting. I’ll have to check on that.
 
WXman said:
LIke, as in what is it? Very short version.. the military gets their trucks with no emissions on them. Somebody figured out that since it's an OE factory tune on those truck, that tune can be flashed to ANY Ram 2500 Standard Output Cummins/68RFE truck. This means no ECM swap is needed. Of course, this doesn't allow for power bumps, transmission tuning, etc. But it's a quick and easy way to shut off the problematic mechanical parts of civilian versions of these trucks. However, a specific MAP sensor must be used or the truck will throw CELs. This is said to be due to how finnicky the 2022-2024 MAP sensors are.
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Done months of research on the topic, I personally would not do it. More bad than good, all it does is turn off sensors, usually timed. Spend the coin, swap and get reliability and don’t worry about your truck misbehaving.
 
Units said:
Done months of research on the topic, I personally would not do it. More bad than good, all it does is turn off sensors, usually timed. Spend the coin, swap and get reliability and don’t worry about your truck misbehaving.
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If it's an OE tune, with the proper Cummins ECM signature to allow flashing, how is it a bad tune that "turns off sensors"? Seems to me it would be a pretty sorted out tune if it's getting sent to the military who specifically wants reliability.

I spoke with an extremely reputable tuner from Canada a few days ago and he says it's a great option for people who don't care about more power.
 
WXman said:
If it's an OE tune, with the proper Cummins ECM signature to allow flashing, how is it a bad tune that "turns off sensors"? Seems to me it would be a pretty sorted out tune if it's getting sent to the military who specifically wants reliability.

I spoke with an extremely reputable tuner from Canada a few days ago and he says it's a great option for people who don't care about more power.
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Your truck, do as you wish. All I know for certain is that the 22+ ecm has NOT been cracked, which means there is absolutely no way to TUNE them, unless you swap.
 
WXman said:
If it's an OE tune, with the proper Cummins ECM signature to allow flashing, how is it a bad tune that "turns off sensors"? Seems to me it would be a pretty sorted out tune if it's getting sent to the military who specifically wants reliability.

I spoke with an extremely reputable tuner from Canada a few days ago and he says it's a great option for people who don't care about more power.
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“military grade” legitimately just means “built by the lowest bidder”.

Ever worked on a HMMWV? They are **** lol
 
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