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So you went against engineers and redesigned engine with eliminated PCM program then used a heavier (although slightly) oil than recommended and it prematurely failed. HMM
Nowhere did you state block was checked or spring pressure. Sounds like parts thrown at it and hoping for the best. Sorry it didn't work out
Oh yea...as if the "engineers" are the experts.
Your engineers do not have very much credibility. The only real reason why Chrysler continues to have sales is because they are the only ones that will finance someone with less than perfect credit, AND because their trucks and SUV's are much cheaper than the others. I know the Hemi has a great deal of horse power. But any mechanic (such as myself with over 30 years experience) knows that you cannot build a high performance engine and expect it to be reliable with a loose valve train, low oil viscosity, and cheaply manufactured parts. Those lifters are a horrible design. Perhaps if they stopped building them in Mexico (or China) and allow the expert machinists in America to design/build them, they wouldn't fail so soon; unless of course that is the real intention.
I love it when online trolls try so hard to protect Chrysler when the real numbers are those who see first hand the vast amount of mopar failures around them. I've got four friends who have lost their Hemi's over the same issue. And no it was not oil neglect as Chrysler loves to tout. All four of my buddies are also mechanics (both aircraft and automobile), and yet all of them have have had to endure these numerous Hemi-failures due to poorly designed lifters, and an engine that does not lubricate the upper half of the valve train system very well..Put it to you like this. On my chevy engine, if I remove the valve cover and start the engine, oil squirts out of the push-rods to lubricate the spring caps. But on the hemi engine, I could pull the valve covers and start the engine, and BARELY notice any real oil flow on top of the head. The springs are always mostly dry (with a tiny bit of oil hitting the rollers rockers). Such a trashy built engine and poor design. Your engineers should be ashamed of themselves.
If you like Dodge, then stick with it. But don't criticize victims of a poorly design engine from a less-than noble industry. Dodge sucks....get used to it.
Joe
So you went against engineers and redesigned engine with eliminated PCM program then used a heavier (although slightly) oil than recommended and it prematurely failed. HMM
Nowhere did you state block was checked or spring pressure. Sounds like parts thrown at it and hoping for the best. Sorry it didn't work out
Oh yea...as if the "engineers" are the experts.
I love it when online trolls try so hard to protect Chrysler when the real numbers are those who see first hand the vast amount of mopar failures around them. I've got four friends who have lost their Hemi's over the same issue. And no it was not oil neglect as Chrysler loves to tout. All four of my buddies are also mechanics (both aircraft and automobile), and yet all of them have have had to endure these numerous Hemi-failures due to poorly designed lifters, and an engine that does not lubricate the upper half of the valve train system very well..Put it to you like this. On my chevy engine, if I remove the valve cover and start the engine, oil squirts out of the push-rods to lubricate the spring caps. But on the hemi engine, I could pull the valve covers and start the engine, and BARELY notice any real oil flow on top of the head. The springs are always mostly dry (with a tiny bit of oil hitting the rollers rockers). Such a trashy built engine and poor design. Your engineers should be ashamed of themselves.
If you like Dodge, then stick with it. But don't criticize victims of a poorly design engine from a less-than noble industry. Dodge sucks....get used to it.
Joe
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