Re: Tractor antifreeze

Posted by rew1953 on June 06, 2020 at 20:50:51 from (70.238.188.56):

In Reply to: Tractor antifreeze posted by Harper on June 05, 2020 at 13:58:34:

Here is a personal experience. Take it as you see fit. My SIL switched antifreeze from green to red. The engine started overheating at about 2000 miles on the switch. We pulled the plug on the oil pan and got NOTHING. Mike swore the oil was at the correct level. I started fishing in the oil drain pan with a welding rod with a small hook on the end. I hand pulled out what looked like a bunch of rubbery strings. Just my scrapings yielded 1-1/2 quarts of this material. This was on a 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 with the 5.7 L motor. I took the sample to 5 good mechanics in the area. None had a clue to what the stuff was or how it got into the oil pan. One had a BIL who worked on a lot of Dodge diesel motors that he said he had seen this many times before and knew the cause. We immediately went to chat with him to see what could be done to bring the motor back.

Larry told us that the production of the rubbery looking stuff was the result of a bad engine design flaw by Chrysler engineers. The problem centered around #8 cylinder, which received insufficient cooling under normal operation. The #8 cylinder would blow the head gasket on the piston side of the head. The antifreeze would form a gelatine consisstancy when exposed to the high ignition temps. THERE IS NO CURE. The block is completely plugged up and almost impossible to get it back to serviceable condition. Larry said this would happen regardless of the antifreeze used. He said the gelatine was caused by exposure to high heat and not mixing antifreeze types. His proof is aftermarket replacement engines from companies like Jasper are advertising replacement engines with the design defect cured. My SIL had purchased an extended warranty when he bought the truck used. The warranty covered the purchase cost of a replacement Jasper motor, but no installation costs. Probably the best he could do with a used truck. Take this as you will. Larry seemed to be a very smart certified mechanic that knew what he was talking about.

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