Boog,
Sorry to hear about your trouble. I know it doesn't help much to tell you
that other people are having trouble with the new engine also. I really
don't understand why Chrysler had to go and mess up a proven engine. The
318 has been around since the sixtys. Some would say it is old technology;
time to get with the present. But I think just the opposite. This engine
has proven itself over time and is bullet proof. Good luck getting
straightened out.
Rich - Ashburn, VA
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> From: BoogYT1300@aol.com[SMTP:BoogYT1300@aol.com]
> Reply To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 9:46 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Emulsion in the oil filler tube
>
> Man I am PISSED!!
> I have had nothing but problems with this fuckin new truck. First the
> trans
> (45RE)slips from 2nd to 3rd, and "it is normal" a "soft clutch engagement"
>
> that even one of the best tranny experts on the right coast cant do
> anything
> about because DC wont let him.
> Now it looks like someone pureed a LEMON in my oil filler tube! Which goes
>
> into the head, not the pan (I think THAT is the initial problem). It is
> friggin bad, I even have yellow bubbles in the base of the tube. I opened
>
> the cap after driving to work and poured about 5ml of water out of just
> the
> cap alone!
> Why did DC have to change a perfected engine and drivetrain??? They spent
> so
> much money on upgrading the tranny (now the 46RE) to get a decent OD 727
> then they go and build a friggin undertorqued smaller (V8) engine to match
> up
> to a foreign
> trans (similar to the plagued AW 604) and you cant even get the option of
> having the proven, upraded, torquey combination of the 318/46RE. I am
> ready
> to go buy a friggin Tundra or the GMC Sierra w/optional locking diffs on a
>
> 6.0 3/4 ton that will turn 14's from the factory.
> WTF!!!
> Dodge...Different...Yeah its friggin different alright.
> I should have never sold my 92...this fuckin sucks!!!!!!!
> Boog
>
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