Happy New Year BITOGers!
I wanted to reach out to this board for some input on my 3.6L situation. We have a 2014 Chrysler T&C with the 3.6L in it. The van was bought used in May 2017 with ~34K on it and has ~94K on it now. The problem I have is we traveled home from Canada yesterday after a 10 day, 1,400 mile round trip. I parked the van over night and noticed some oil this morning on the garage floor. I have suspected a leak for a little while now, but there seems to never be anything on the garage floor.
Currently, the oil is down about 2/3 of a quart some 7,700 miles and 11 months into this OCI. It started the 1,400 mile trip down about 1/3 of a quart. For full transparency, I did notice a smaller drip this summer after a long road trip to Canada, but it seems slightly worse now. This van is my wife's DD. Good news is she is a stay at home mom, so we average less than 400 miles a month unless we go on longer trips like the one to Canada. Currently we have no trips planned.
FWIW, I check the oil and do the maintenance and fueling so I can keep an eye on it. The leak only appeared after 2 long drives to Canada. Back in August there was 1 smaller run like the one at the top of the picture, and now this one in December. Day to day there is nothing on the garage floor, even if we do a 400 mile round trip to see our son in Ames.
Not sure it matters, but I am currently running a Mopar filter with Citgo FS HM 5w30.
So now my questions...
I would appreciate any insight members might have.
Just my $0.02
I wanted to reach out to this board for some input on my 3.6L situation. We have a 2014 Chrysler T&C with the 3.6L in it. The van was bought used in May 2017 with ~34K on it and has ~94K on it now. The problem I have is we traveled home from Canada yesterday after a 10 day, 1,400 mile round trip. I parked the van over night and noticed some oil this morning on the garage floor. I have suspected a leak for a little while now, but there seems to never be anything on the garage floor.
Currently, the oil is down about 2/3 of a quart some 7,700 miles and 11 months into this OCI. It started the 1,400 mile trip down about 1/3 of a quart. For full transparency, I did notice a smaller drip this summer after a long road trip to Canada, but it seems slightly worse now. This van is my wife's DD. Good news is she is a stay at home mom, so we average less than 400 miles a month unless we go on longer trips like the one to Canada. Currently we have no trips planned.
FWIW, I check the oil and do the maintenance and fueling so I can keep an eye on it. The leak only appeared after 2 long drives to Canada. Back in August there was 1 smaller run like the one at the top of the picture, and now this one in December. Day to day there is nothing on the garage floor, even if we do a 400 mile round trip to see our son in Ames.
Not sure it matters, but I am currently running a Mopar filter with Citgo FS HM 5w30.
So now my questions...
- Would you use this Amazon part or a similar one? cooler
- Would you replace the oil cooler now, or do you think I can wait until spring and the warmer weather? I'd like to wait
- Would you replace the PCV valve when I do the oil cooler? Will use an OEM Mopar
- Would you replace the spark plugs when I do the oil cooler? Planning to use NGK's
- Would you replace the injectors when I do the oil cooler? I am leaning towards no on this one.
I would appreciate any insight members might have.
Just my $0.02