Increasing idle.

[Steve2500#]

Hello everyone. I’m new to the Ram family as this truck is my first. So far I really love it! I am wanting to increase my idle speed up about a 100 rpm on my 2022 ram 2500 hemi. I called garages in my area and none can do it. Has anyone done this and if so what and how did you get it done. I’m trying to get the oil pressure up some when idling.
Thanks

 

[Gear box]

You can do it manually with Cruise control buttons up to around 1000 rpm.
Don’t think there is an easy way to reprogram it to stay.
I guess the 6.4 pick up may not have it available then. Our cab chassis does have it.

 

[Steve2500#]

You can do it manually with Cruise control buttons up to around 1000 rpm.
Don’t think there is an easy way to reprogram it to stay.

I have tried that on my truck and it doesn’t work unless I’m doing something wrong.

 

[56ram2500]

Hello everyone. I’m new to the Ram family as this truck is my first. So far I really love it! I am wanting to increase my idle speed up about a 100 rpm on my 2022 ram 2500 hemi. I called garages in my area and none can do it. Has anyone done this and if so what and how did you get it done. I’m trying to get the oil pressure up some when idling.
Thanks

I have never heard of a Hemi having factory idle up option just the diesel, I have heard of after market programmers once the EMC has been unlocked...

 

[Dave01]

Hello everyone. I’m new to the Ram family as this truck is my first. So far I really love it! I am wanting to increase my idle speed up about a 100 rpm on my 2022 ram 2500 hemi. I called garages in my area and none can do it. Has anyone done this and if so what and how did you get it done. I’m trying to get the oil pressure up some when idling.
Thanks

I doubt you can make the change. Surprised you'd be having oil pressure issues on a '22 6.4. How many miles? What is your idle oil pressure? What oil are you running?

 

[Steve2500#]

I doubt you can make the change. Surprised you'd be having oil pressure issues on a '22 6.4. How many miles? What is your idle oil pressure? What oil are you running?

I am just trying to be proactive to possibly keep from getting the lifter issues. Idling when warm it drops to about 28-30. I am running AMSOIL 0-40 full synthetic. It has 47000 miles.

 

[Trash Panda]

I am just trying to be proactive to possibly keep from getting the lifter issues. Idling when warm it drops to about 28-30. I am running AMSOIL 0-40 full synthetic. It has 47000 miles.

30 pounds of oil pressure at idle is more than plenty. If the lifters are gonna go, there isn’t much you can do about it.

You’re looking for a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

 

[Steve2500#]

30 pounds of oil pressure at idle is more than plenty. If the lifters are gonna go, there isn’t much you can do about it.

You’re looking for a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

Ok. As I said earlier I’m new to the Ram family and I hear a lot of talk about the lifter problems. I’m glad that’s sufficient. I really love this truck and I believe I like it better than any I’ve had before. Thanks for you help. Happy new year.

 

[Dave01]

Ok. As I said earlier I’m new to the Ram family and I hear a lot of talk about the lifter problems. I’m glad that’s sufficient. I really love this truck and I believe I like it better than any I’ve had before. Thanks for you help. Happy new year.

I've done a bit of reading, probably not as much as I should. Like you I'm hoping my 2500 goes quite a few miles. The good is that I don't try to extend oil changes, change it around 5k miles. I use the mds enough to keep it active, I tend to disable it around town or in very cold weather, otherwise let it operate. The bad is I idle more than is recommended, sometimes to stay warm, sometimes just circumstance of what I am doing.

I haven't seen oil pressure blamed for the lifter issues, though mine is higher than the 28-30 you are seeing. I'll check once it's warmed up tomorrow, haven't looked in a while, and let you know. I have about 85k miles on mine.

 

[Steve2500#]

I've done a bit of reading, probably not as much as I should. Like you I'm hoping my 2500 goes quite a few miles. The good is that I don't try to extend oil changes, change it around 5k miles. I use the mds enough to keep it active, I tend to disable it around town or in very cold weather, otherwise let it operate. The bad is I idle more than is recommended, sometimes to stay warm, sometimes just circumstance of what I am doing.

I haven't seen oil pressure blamed for the lifter issues, though mine is higher than the 28-30 you are seeing. I'll check once it's warmed up tomorrow, haven't looked in a while, and let you know. I have about 85k miles on mine.

That is close to my thinking. I’m planning on the 5000 mile oil changes. I too in the mornings when it’s 20’s or lower I turn the mds off as well and when on short trips in town. I try to limit my idle time but on cold mornings it’s hard to not let it idle more than I would like. I’m wanting mine to last many thousands of miles from now. Thanks for your info and replying.

 

[Dave01]

That is close to my thinking. I’m planning on the 5000 mile oil changes. I too in the mornings when it’s 20’s or lower I turn the mds off as well and when on short trips in town. I try to limit my idle time but on cold mornings it’s hard to not let it idle more than I would like. I’m wanting mine to last many thousands of miles from now. Thanks for your info and replying.

I use remote start all the time in cold weather, I value getting into a partially warm vehicle more than limiting idle time. I'm getting older and appreciate a warm car in the NH winters.

I've had mine 3 1/2 years, am putting 18-20k miles/year on it lately. I like the truck a lot (with the exception of a few annoying maintenance issues), importantly my wife likes it a lot. I have tended to change vehicles after 3-4 years but I may keep this one, run it up over 150k miles if all goes well.

 

[Dave01]

This morning it was 1 degree F when I left my house, so definitely remote started. I don't run it for 20 minutes or anything like that, more like 5 minutes, enough to have it beginning to warm up and the idle settled down before I get in and shift.

This picture was after a half hour drive, idle oil pressure was 37 psi, higher than you are seeing but not as high as I thought, it's been a long time since I looked but thought it had been in the 40's.

 

[Steve2500#]

This morning it was 1 degree F when I left my house, so definitely remote started. I don't run it for 20 minutes or anything like that, more like 5 minutes, enough to have it beginning to warm up and the idle settled down before I get in and shift.

This picture was after a half hour drive, idle oil pressure was 37 psi, higher than you are seeing but not as high as I thought, it's been a long time since I looked but thought it had been in the 40's.

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Thanks for that info. I will have to recheck my pressure again when I drive it enough to get it good and warm and look at it again to be sure I am correct on mine.

 

[56ram2500]

Thanks for that info. I will have to recheck my pressure again when I drive it enough to get it good and warm and look at it again to be sure I am correct on mine.

From what I have read about the Hemi cam & lifter problems in another forum its not so much an oil pressure its the lack of enough oil getting the cam lobes & lifters due to the way the Hemi was designed years ago

 

[Dave01]

And just for another data point ... after a half hour drive, now 21 degrees F, I had 33 psi idle pressure.

 

[Steve2500#]

From what I have read about the Hemi cam & lifter problems in another forum its not so much an oil pressure its the lack of enough oil getting the cam lobes & lifters due to the way the Hemi was designed years ago

And that’s the reason 5000 mile or 6 month oil changes are highly recommended? Thanks for the info.

 

[Steve2500#]

And just for another data point ... after a half hour drive, now 21 degrees F, I had 33 psi idle pressure.

I just got back from a drive and I think my oil temperature was around 200 and it idle at about 550 RPMs the oil pressure was 27

 

[Trash Panda]

I just got back from a drive and I think my oil temperature was around 200 and it idle at about 550 RPMs the oil pressure was 27

27 is still plenty of pressure.

If the lifters are gonna die at 27 pounds of oil pressure, you’ve got other issues going on.