Yup...that's the coating warming up and burning off. Sometimes, they even
smoke for a while (not harmful - just smells like crap). You have to put
about 8-10 miles on them (or let them idle for about 20 minutes) to really
burn the stuff off.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
david.clement@verizon.net
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:51 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: RE: DML: Jiffy Lube - Stupidity at its finest...
When my wife was test driving PT's she had her eye on the 03 Dream Cruiser
in the Tangerine metallic that was in the show room. They took it out so she
could drive it. About a mile down the road I though the engine was on fire
it smelled so bad. We wound up taking the elctric blue one and as you say
they must of driven it for a bit first because it nevere smelled.
Dave Clement
99 SLT+ CC 4x4
In article <BAY101-DAV9AC2403F2E0419E58CD1BD2790@phx.gbl>,
fasstdak@hotmail.com ("Bernd D. Ratsch") writes:
>
>
> I have. Liberty, PT, and Viper. Yes, they get stuck on there pretty
> darn tight from the factory (due to the coating on the engines. (Most
> of you will never really smell that stuff as we have to "break them
> in" on the initial test drive - smells like a$$).
>
> You can also use a clamping style filter socket which works very well.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Rick
> Barnes
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 7:58 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: RE: DML: Jiffy Lube - Stupidity at its finest...
>
>
> Try doing that on a Liberty...I wound up taking off the belt just to
> get to it. I also had to use a jaw style wrench cause the regular
> wrench collapsed the case and would not turn the filter.
>
> Rascal
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