Engine replacement 2010

Hello all. So I was recently on a trip from Ca to Tx. 2010 1500 Laramie 4x4 Truck decided to go down on me at the furthest point from home, and had to have it towed home. My question is, I'm told that the engine suffered a catastrophic failure, rounded a cam lobe. Prior to the problem, I never had any heating issues, never had any smoking, or any weird sounds. Truck runs ok under 30mph, but terrible if you try to go faster. I've been to 2 different shops one in Tx, one in CA, and they both gave same diagnosis. So the local shop is recommending an engine replacement with a Jasper motor. Total cost of replacement, including install/labor, all parts is $9700. First off, is Jasper a quality product, and second, does that quote sound reasonable? I've no experience as a mechanic, so any help is appreciated.

EDIT: Question for you who have done an engine replacement. I know the speedometer can't be reset, but can the "hours" display under vehicle information be reset to zero? Garage told me there is no way to change that and I'm wondering if that is accurate. T.I.A.

You can search the forum for reviews and engine replacement threads. $10k is a lot of money, is the rest of the truck in great shape to make the investment worth it? If you aren't keeping truck for a while after, you could find a quality used engine and then drive until you trade or sell it.

Yeah the rest of the truck is in great shape or I wouldn't even consider. I wouldn't be able to find something close to the quality for less than $27, and that's a smaller truck. I'm the second owner, and never beat on it. Not sure if you added the note on Jasper engine reviews in your post, or if it was automatic. Anyway, I did see some posts regarding Jasper being junk, but then I read that was over 30 years ago when they had a real problem, that they are pretty solid these days. Its why I posted here. I was hoping to possibly hear from someone who may have experienced Jasper, either good or bad.

You have other options. You could short block it, that's new lower portion of the motor, block, and internals, and just transfer your heads, intake, and other externals. Might save you some money. Consider a valve job while the heads are off.

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Zerpda said:

Hello all. So I was recently on a trip from Ca to Tx. 2010 1500 Laramie 4x4 Truck decided to go down on me at the furthest point from home, and had to have it towed home. My question is, I'm told that the engine suffered a catastrophic failure, rounded a cam lobe. Prior to the problem, I never had any heating issues, never had any smoking, or any weird sounds. Truck runs ok under 30mph, but terrible if you try to go faster. I've been to 2 different shops one in Tx, one in CA, and they both gave same diagnosis. So the local shop is recommending an engine replacement with a Jasper motor. Total cost of replacement, including install/labor, all parts is $9700. First off, is Jasper a quality product, and second, does that quote sound reasonable? I've no experience as a mechanic, so any help is appreciated.

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If you guys have O'Reilly auto parts out there, you might check into a Power Torque reman engine. I've installed 2 of them over the past 5 years... and nary a problem. AND, their price was unbeatable with a 4 year unlimited mileage warranty.

If you do not have that chain out there, you might google the brand and see if anyone local to you does carry them.

Zerpda said:

Hello all. So I was recently on a trip from Ca to Tx. 2010 1500 Laramie 4x4 Truck decided to go down on me at the furthest point from home, and had to have it towed home. My question is, I'm told that the engine suffered a catastrophic failure, rounded a cam lobe. Prior to the problem, I never had any heating issues, never had any smoking, or any weird sounds. Truck runs ok under 30mph, but terrible if you try to go faster. I've been to 2 different shops one in Tx, one in CA, and they both gave same diagnosis. So the local shop is recommending an engine replacement with a Jasper motor. Total cost of replacement, including install/labor, all parts is $9700. First off, is Jasper a quality product, and second, does that quote sound reasonable? I've no experience as a mechanic, so any help is appreciated.

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Check out MMX HEMI crate engines at modernmusclextreme.com.

Can't hurt to take a look.

So I had the engine replaced and it seems to run fine. The only problem is that I have now is that the check engine light comes on and I am getting a 0034 Camshaft position sensor circuit error. I've taken it back to the shop, they replaced the sensors and gave it back to me. I drove it and after a while the light came back on with the same error. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Zerpda said:

So I had the engine replaced and it seems to run fine. The only problem is that I have now is that the check engine light comes on and I am getting a 0034 Camshaft position sensor circuit error. I've taken it back to the shop, they replaced the sensors and gave it back to me. I drove it and after a while the light came back on with the same error. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Check with them to see if they used OEM sensors.Alot of aftermarket sensors don't play nice with Ma Mopars electronics

I have success with USA and Mexico parts. No issues at all. Most of the time when wire harnesses get repositioned, pushed around and pulled, a short will trip a code. Look around the cam pos sensor for anything against the harness wires. Check the plug too. Clear the code and Wiggle the wire bundle at big clusters. Check plug wires that are laying over wire leads to sensors. Back probe connection plugs to check while running. Then look at other sensors and how they connect into the ecm. Two sensors on the G2 5.9 that show a code for a TPS is the upstream o2 sensor. And a battery temp sensor comes from vapor dump. I haven’t had wire issues on 2014. But I Hope dodge pinned each sensor, individually back to the ecm… good luck and would like to read what you found.

This has come up before, my $0.02 has been is the current engine salvagable?
My damaged cam was repairable to the tune of $2.5k ish. with my own labor.

The inherant flaws have never been addressed by Stellantis, so persionally I want to spend the least I can on a 'repair' if i'm not considering upgrading, since any oem hemi engine is going to have the same probability of the issue reoccuring.