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Posted by dhermesc on December 01, 2004 at 09:48:28 from (68.110.220.22):
This was posted about a week ago but I was wondering if anyone has any PERSONAL experience with this engine? Every where on the net I've found complaints about it failing prematurely with as few as 20,000 miles - naturally I learn this the week after I bought a 2004 Stratus with that engine. Apparently the engine is/was designed without enough oil flow considering how hot it gets. The oil "cooks" when it reaches the cylinder heads and sludges up. This causes sludge to build up around the timing chain (and valves) which eventually breaks or jumps a tooth and the engine self destructs. Some garages have found the oil reaches tempatures of 400+ degrees in normal driving - THIS IS IN THE PAN, no telling how hot it was in cylinder head. Chrysler sees the "sludge" in the heads and claims its from not changing the oil - even if you have receipts (unless from Chrysler dealership). Forget about it if you have done the service yourself. Some claim you can correct the problem with synthetic oil - but you still need to change the oil every 3K or less. Run it 6K (manual suggests 7500 miles) and even synthetic oil breaks down with the high temps this engine reaches. Anyone know if the engine was redesigned (improved) in 2003 for higher oil flow? Every complaint and class action suit I find refers to 1998-2002 cars equipped with this engine.
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