Re: Engines that are prone to sludge

as long as its not a Toyota 3.0 built from 97 to 02.  and Toyota blames the

customers for that one.




"Bill Putney" <bptn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Built_Well wrote:
>
>> For Chrysler/Dodge:
>>
>> 2.7 L V6
>>
>> Automobile models and years:
>>
>> 1998-2002 Concorde
>> 1998-2002 Sebring
>> 1998-2002 Intrepid
>> 1998-2002 Stratus
>>
>> New Warranty Coverage: None, handled on a case-by-case
>> basis (Not as nice as the Audi/VW deal above)
>>
>> Oil drain intervals for warranty coverage:
>> 3,000 miles/three months (severe)
>> 5,000 miles/six months (normal)
>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> For Dodge/Jeep:
>>
>> 3.9 L V6
>> 5.2 L V8
>> 5.9 L V8
>>
>> Models and years:
>>
>> 1994-1999 Ram Truck
>> 1994-1999 Ram Van
>> 1994-1999 Dakota
>> 1994-1999 Durango
>> 1994-1999 Grand Cherokee
>>
>> New Warranty Coverage: None, handled on a case-by-case
>> basis.
>>
>> Oil drain intervals for warranty coverage:
>> 3,000 miles/three months (severe)
>> 5,000 miles/six months (normal)
>
>> 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
>>
>> ...Amsoil's
>> source for the Chrysler/Dodge information is ConsumerRe****ts.Org and
>> the source for the Dodge/Jeep info is a Chrysler TSB 09-05-00 (I
>> guess
>> this is a Technical Service Bulletin issued by Chrysler on
>> 9/5/2000).
>
> Interesting info. - thanks for posting it.  That Chrysler TSB must be
only 
> for the trucks because it doesn't show up in my alldata subscription on 
> the '99 Concorde with 2.7L that I have (which incidentally is over 200k 
> miles with no problems - I change the oil and filter every 3000-3500
miles 
> and keep 8 oz. of Marvel Mystery Oil in the crankcase; other people use 
> synthetic, which I don't - I have my reasons; and it is my 80
mile-per-day 
> daily driver, which I think also helps prevent sludge).
>
> Curious that they don't list the 2.7L thru 2004 (the year LH car 
> production stopped).  There were some design changes in mid production 
> that supposedly addressed the sludging, so maybe they are assuming that 
> that fixed the problems - would have to check the LH car forums on the 
> 2.7L failure posts by owners to see if the failures were heavily 
> concentrated in the earlier production years.  Evidence that something
has 
> worked is that they use the 2.7 heavily in the later platforms, and I 
> haven't heard of failures in those (when they fail, it's generally in
the 
> range of 60k to 80k miles), plus it would be extremely foolish of them
to 
> start a whole new platform if it were not truly fixed.
>
> Bill Putney
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