Re: 4.7L owners - caution with extended oil drains.

From: WMBARRET@aol.com
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 22:47:25 EST


Now Steven, you stay out of this, or I'll have to arm wrestle you for'm,
heeeheee hee hee, Bawhaa haa.. I get to use two arms, and a leg though :)

Matt Y2K-HEMI :)

In a message dated 1/5/01 10:41:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
saint1958@home.com writes:

> Subj: RE: DML: 4.7L owners - caution with extended oil drains.
> Date: 1/5/01 10:41:02 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From: saint1958@home.com (Steven St.Laurent)
> Sender: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:dakota-truck@buffnet.net">
dakota-truck@buffnet.net</A>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>
> I am interested in the Manifold, heads, valve covers, coil spark plug
> wires..
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Steven St.Laurent
> 2000 Dakota 4.7 Hemi (beta I testing)
> 1999 Chevy (gone in 2003)
> 1993 Tracker (still going...going)
> 2000 Roush Mustang Stage II (sold) TT
> ----------->:)
> Aspiring for the next toys:
> 2003 Dakota Hemi R/T
> 2003 GTS-R Viper
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of WMBARRET@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 7:13 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: 4.7L owners - caution with extended oil drains.
>
> Mike, Were the cams, or heads damaged??? I'm interested in the parts from
> the old engine if possible. Thanks
>
> Matt Y2K-HEMI
> '00 RC 4.7L 5 spd
>
>
> In a message dated 1/5/01 8:22:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> mrdancer@camalott.com writes:
>
> > Subj: DML: 4.7L owners - caution with extended oil drains.
> > Date: 1/5/01 8:22:21 PM Eastern Standard Time
> > From: mrdancer@camalott.com (mrdancer)
> > Sender: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:dakota-truck@buffnet.net">
> dakota-truck@buffnet.net</A>
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net ('DML')
> >
> > The following was posted on the "alt.autos.dodge.trucks" newsgroup by
> > regular contributer Mike Simmons. Mike is a Chrysler technician and
> > generally posts some pretty good stuff.
> >
> >
> >
>
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> > -------------------
> > I have just determined through "live" consumer testing that the 4.7L
> engine
> > will last "exactly" 15,089 miles on its "factory fill" of oil and its
> > "original" oil filter.
> >
> > Yup, today in clattered a '00 WJ with 15,089 miles on the clock. Made a
> > hell of a racket in the service drive. The owner said he was "just
> riding
> > along" and the oil pressure dropped to zero and the engine started
> sounding
> > like a diesel (no offense Cummins guys!).
> >
> > Got it in the shop and pulled the 'stick.... no oil...... hmmmmm? Had
> Scott
> > pull the drain plug..... no oil....... hmmmmm? As we were pondering
what
> to
> > do next I noticed the original oil filter still installed...... hmmmmm?
> I
> > had Scott pull the pan "just for fun" and in the bottom was the
nastiest,
> > stickiest sludge you have ever seen...... hmmmmm?
> >
> > I called the owner and told him what we found. He said that it couldn't
> be
> > out of oil because he takes it to "SkippyLube" all the time. I told him
> > that the vehicle still had the original oil filter and that if he truly
> had
> > been taking it to SkippyLube he should visit them for an explanation of
> why
> > the original filter was there.
> >
> > Then he asked the inevitable question.... the one I KNEW he would ask
> sooner
> > or later.
> >
> > IS IT UNDER WARRANTY?
> >
> > Damn, I hate to wish misfortune on anyone, BUT, if you are too stupid or
> too
> > cheap to get regular oil changes well then I guess you get what you
> deserve.
> >
> > He took it like a man..... which is better than alot of folks do. We
> have
> a
> > new engine coming tomorrow for his Jeep and I'll bet he will now "have
> > religion" when it comes to regular oil changes.
> >
> > BTW, I see this happen about once a year, but this is the FIRST 4.7L
> engine
> > failure for any reason I have seen since they were introduced back in MY
> > '99.
> >
> > Mike
> >



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