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Omaha Steve

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25. Our 1999 Intrepid was a POS!

Mon May 12, 2014, 02:46 PM

May 2014

We did all the recommended maintenance. Our model engine had a flaw. Sludge killed the engine. Dodge wouldn't cover it. The extended warranty covered the dead transmission two years earlier at 45,000 miles. Several years of the 2.7 were trash!

AFTER we had traded the car in at close to ZERO value, dodge started paying for the mistake. We were never notified and missed out.

The sludge problem with the 2.7 is because of high heat. there is not enough airflow through the bumper cover, the hood sits right on top the engine, and the catalytic converters are right there under the hood. the heat is what cokes the oil, forms the sludge, then its starts to plug passages. another good thing to do is an oil cooler if you can find one to work.

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