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Aug 7, 2005 | 07:31 AM

Orezona

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Dodge Sludge!

I'll tell you what, we are lucky to drive what we drive. Sometimes I begin to think we have some issues with our PSD's. But wow! I've been looking for a vehicle for my wife and found a nice 01 Durango and started reading around on the internet. Engine Oil Sludge!!! Has anyone heard of such a thing? I think I'll go outside and hug my truck now.

Aug 7, 2005 | 07:42 AM

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I work with a gent who has one, he has spent a fortune on trany repair, it leaks motor oil and get bad MPGs, he hates it, other than that .......it's a great ride.

Aug 7, 2005 | 07:46 AM

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Is it an 01

also?

Aug 7, 2005 | 07:59 AM

J.W.Neely

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It's a 2001.
http://www.carcomplaints.com/Dodge/Intrepid/2001/engine/engine_failure_due_to_oil_sludge.shtml

Aug 7, 2005 | 08:04 AM

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Did you know that the new Durangoes sales are way down this year despite the employee pricing plan. Does that tell you anything. Like Ive sad many times before avoid Dodge if at all posssible.

Aug 7, 2005 | 08:06 AM

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I know it's been found not just in the Intrepid either. The 4.7, 5.2 and 5.9 V8's have been victims to the "sludge" also.

I love my Ford DIESEL engine. Wish I could afford a second PSD for the wife.

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Aug 7, 2005 | 08:14 AM

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"I love my Ford DIESEL engine. Wish I could afford a second PSD for the wife."

Just give her yours

and get you new one, heck, it's only money.

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Aug 7, 2005 | 08:21 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by J.W.Neely

Just give her yours

and get you new one, heck, it's only money.

A friend of mine out in AZ just got an 05 PSD and seems to like it a lot. I'll see him in a few months in ND for pheasant season. By that time he will have had it for 3 months and have just done a 1300 mile trip. We'll see what he says then. I've made that trip twice now (1260 each way) in my 02. It's a great traveling rig. Anyway, I told him thanks for being a good lab monkey on the 6.0